Good morning... “Prayer, according to Brother David, is waking up to the presence of God no matter where I am or what I am doing," writes Barbara Brown Taylor, in An Altar in the World: A Geography of Faith. "When I am fully alert to whatever or whoever is right in front of me; when I am electrically aware [...]
Good morning... "Sue - I’m having the most amazing ah-ha moments right now," she wrote. "I had to share this with you, both, because it relates to your recent stories of friendships dying & because I’m so grateful God is walking beside me so closely, leading me to new understanding & transformation - some truths I think I’ve been [...]
Good morning... In her text yesterday she made reference to her all time favorite blog post. I dug around and found it. I first shared this message with our online community on my birthday, March 23rd, in 2015. ****** Welcome Aboard the Train of Life by Sue Allen When we are born, our Creator pushes us from the [...]
Good morning... Soon after my longtime friend cut our ties, my husband and I went to a wedding in Virginia. The morning after we arrived, I woke and went on a walk down an unfamiliar path. When the road forked, I noticed a less traveled path. Robert Frost's poem came to mind: "Two roads diverged in a wood, [...]
Good morning... This week, a friend sent me an inspiring music video. Sense with me the voice of God expanding out in all directions this sacred Sabbath morn. What we heard we have also seen. We have seen it in the city of the Lord who rules over all. We have seen it in the city of our [...]
Good morning... Walking our dog in the cool of the morning, I found a black acorn for the first time ever. Returning home, I googled, "Why are some acorns black?" Here I found a simple answer: "Producing black acorns is a sign of stress. Immature seeds die mid-growth, with the stalk, or pedicle, withering on the twig." Stress. [...]
Good morning... At the fun filled Open Air worship on Sunday night, one Friday morning Bible study friend said, "I have a book I have been meaning to drop off for you. My friend from Jacksonville, Florida gave it to me and I feel compelled to pass it along to you." I didn't think much about her kind [...]
Good morning... "Oh my gosh," I emailed the Creative Director collaborating with God and me to write from scratch our Gift from the Sea interactive study. "We simply MUST finish this powerful Week Four material with one awe-inspiring song!" (See the music video below.) After being captivated by this video, I thought, "No wonder I feel like I am [...]
Good morning... She sent me a photo of the marvelous, massive web in her back yard. Fascinated, I googled, "How do spiders make webs?" I found some cool videos and an article explaining the four step process. The spider starts by creating a length of sticky silk which it dangles from a point. It is so light it gets [...]
Good morning... Thank you, brave friends. Thank you for engaging in these challenging conversations with me. I have learned much from our two previous posts, "Who Will You Vote For?" and Let's Talk Politics. As many of us acknowledge, we naturally tend to gravitate toward like minded people, and our perspective is broadened as we listen to one [...]
