Good morning... Yesterday morning I clicked on the small lamp beside my guest bed to see my shorthaired Betty angel holding a tiny red leaf from our holy hike up the North Carolina mountain to lay to final rest the ashes of our spiritual mentor. I checked my phone to read 7:23. Instead of writing a blog post, [...]
Good morning... For followers of Jesus Christ, Sunday mornings help us to deepen down into our truest desires. This morning as I revisit words from the first chapter of our semester's book, Sacred Rhythms, I come across the crux of our matter. "Your desire for more of God than you have right now, your longing for love, your [...]
Good morning... One of my dearest spiritual friends has a birthday today. After our walk and talk yesterday, I gave her an early birthday gift. This whimsical mug I found at Goodwill is painted with the pattern of her grandmother's pottery, a pattern she has adored since childhood. It makes my heart so happy to know my soul [...]
Good morning... In a few hours, many of the twelve women on our Friday morning class roster will walk down our weathered sidewalk and through our wooden gate. To the right they will see white inpatients blooming boldly since summer's start and flourishing ferns beside a row of Hostas nibbled upon by hungry deer. To the left they [...]
Good morning... As good friends treated us to a Braves game last week, she said, "I thought you were going to take some time off from writing your daily blog posts this summer." "Well, I was kinda hoping to take a break," I heard myself say, "but blogging each day has become such an important part of my [...]
Good morning... In this sacred moment, I welcome you to read Philippians 4:5 in various translations. Slowly. Quietly. Aloud with God. Which inviting words whisper for your attention? ****** Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. (NIV) Let your gentle spirit [your graciousness, unselfishness, mercy, tolerance, and patience] be known to all people. The [...]
Good morning... First thing this morning, I am drawn to a poem written on September 11th, 2021. The words help to integrate all of the sights and the sounds, the images and the memories burned into our collective conscience since that terrible Tuesday twenty years ago. ****** When the towers fell by Steve Garnaas-Holmes, www.unfoldinglight.net When the towers [...]
Good morning... At 3:22 am, I responded to my friend's invitation to walk today: "In the morning, I will enjoy our peer supervision group at Ignatius House, face to face for the first time since the pandemic forced us to meet by Zoom, and, in the afternoon, I host my first class of women in our home since [...]
Good morning... "I have learned now that while those who speak about one's miseries usually hurt, those who keep silence hurt more," Christian writer C.S. Lewis famously said. As the chaplain of the Lovett School in Atlanta, Georgia for nearly twenty-five years, my husband Steve has been speaking candidly to this affluent community about the unique miseries we [...]
Good morning... At the beginning of this stormy week, I watched the sun rise. On my way back from the beach, I happened upon a slender, cream colored cat. Completely ignoring the warm sun at her back, this elegant little creature was caught gobbling down garbage. The image reminds me of an email I recently received [...]
