Good morning... As the moon thickens above our home, I think back on our sacred weekend at the Ignatius House Retreat Center. Abiding in the quietness of now, I pull out my hand-scribbled notes. I return to the first quote shared on Friday night, the first teaching, the first song. "I remind myself that we are never promised [...]
Good morning... As the sun sets on summer, every August I am given the opportunity to speak in all three worship services at Northside Church. Northside is a welcoming place, offering two traditional services at 8:30 and 11:15 am and a contemporary service at 9:00 am, with a designated Sunday school hour for adults and for kids at [...]
Good morning... One of the women in our Thursday morning class recently had major surgery on her spine. She wrote us in early August: "Good Morning sweet Group! I cannot thank you enough for all the encouragement and prayer power that you have sent my way during this recovery period. I want to extend an invitation for a [...]
Good morning... Sharing how she felt about her recent break up after six years of dating, our daughter began reading aloud a quote she had just posted. "Give it everything you've got, then let go. Show up fully. Take the risk. Have the hard conversation..." her voice trailed off into tears. "You read it," she said. So I [...]
Good morning... Tonight at 8:00 pm on CNN, Ben Sasse and his wife will be interviewed about their experience of facing his death from stage 4 pancreatic cancer. The articulate, well-respected former senator is using his final months on earth to talk about family, faith, and living life fully. Enjoy life with your dearly loved spouse all the [...]
Good morning... "These words from Frederick Buechner captured me this morning…enjoy!" said the text from my friend. ****** Grace AFTER CENTURIES of handling and mishandling, most religious words have become so shopworn nobody's much interested anymore. Not so with grace, for some reason. Mysteriously, even derivatives like gracious and graceful still have some of the bloom left. Grace [...]
Good morning... On Sunday, I scheduled my day around being home by 7:00 pm to watch 60 Minutes. I did not want to miss the interview between Scott Pelley and Ben Sasse, offering lessons for America. Now, up in the middle of the night, I revisit the transcript and share portions of the exchange which touch me most [...]
Good morning... Friend #1 recently sent me this image which brings to life the quote: "Both fear and faith ask you to believe in something you can't see. You choose." "Hi Sue!" she commented. "I’ve never heard this before! It’s so simple but it’s 🎯." I totally agree. When hard things happen, we have a choice. Will we [...]
Good morning... Many of us admire the raw honesty shared by Savannah Guthrie in her Easter message to the world, a message highlighted in yesterday's blog, Savannah's Deep Sorrow. Following the unsolved abduction of her 84-year-old mother, Savannah is waiting in the MEAN time of not knowing, not understanding, not having the answers she craves. "Wow, wow, wow!" [...]
Good morning... We all have been horrified at the mysterious abduction of Savannah Guthrie's 84-year-old mother, Nancy. On Easter morning, Savannah, co-host of the NBC's Today show, posted a gut-wrenching message expressing her deep sorrow and her unwavering belief. Suspended in uncertainty, her excruciating "not knowing" connects her to the utter darkness experienced by Jesus. ...Jesus cried out [...]
