Good morning... As I let our little dog outside in the middle of this cold, dark night, my ears breathe in the music of our loudly dancing windchimes. Unseen. Untethered. Uncontrollable. The mystery of Movement plays all around me. My mind drifts to thoughts of yesterdays and yesteryears. I call to mind my music; it keeps me company [...]
Good morning... When yesterday's message was finally healed of its technical glitches, the post ended with a piercing rendition of "His Eye Is On The Sparrow." Now I am drawn to the chapter about sparrows in a book I was given for Christmas, "Consider the Birds" by Debbie Blue. "I am completely taken with Jesus' stance toward the [...]
Good morning... In our weekly therapeutic community group at PAWkids, we gather with men and women from different backgrounds, with different skin colors, different ages, different life stages. What do we all have in common? We all face various challenges in our daily lives. We all need God's healing power. We are all constantly learning what it means [...]
Good morning... Light is sweet; how pleasant to see a new day dawning. When people live to be very old, let them rejoice in every day of life. But let them also remember there will be many dark days (Ecclesiastes 11:7-8a, NLT). In this season of Epiphany, when the light of Christ fans out to reach us in [...]
Good morning... "In a handful of relationships I have been insensitive," I explain to my friend. "I have dropped the ball. I have trampled over feelings. I sense my flaws so significantly right now. But the light of the sun still rises on me, and God's radiance breaks through anyway." "It's like the clouds on our last night [...]
Good morning... Her poem, delivered to my inbox in the middle of this ordinary night, says just what I am thinking. ****** Ambition by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer I am so far from the woman I want to be, so far from humility and simplicity. I dream of clearing not only the shelves, not only the closets, but also [...]
Good morning... At 2:47 am, I am drawn outside by the light of a full moon. Brilliant. Bursting. Beaconing, "Come see." I step out into the chilly cold of January 7th and spiral down into new epiphanies. How did I not know that January 6th is the celebration of Epiphany? Along [...]
Good morning... As she shares her instagram post from December 31st, 2022, important questions echo back to me. What are you loving? What are you learning? What are you leaving? I make three headings on the top of a blank page. LOVING? LEARNING? LEAVING? Then words trickle into place. LOVING? Family time. [...]
Good morning... Today is the first day of the first week of this fresh new year. What a perfect morning to ring in the new with a special gift from a friend in our Monday group. This fall, our friend learned about the struggles of Ukrainian Olena Gnes through watching her story told on the international news, and [...]
Good morning... "Any chance you could walk tomorrow afternoon?" a friend texted me on Monday. "We are in Kentucky with Steve's sister, so tomorrow is not possible," I explained. "Steve's sister lives alone. Her husband died of suicide in the back yard of their rental home 8 years ago. She still lives in the same place. As a [...]
