Good morning... The rains held off, and we walked in wonderful weather, mild and inviting. Along our way, we ran into two 'soul friends' also walking and talking at the horse farm. One is supporting her husband through treatment for his pancreatic cancer and the other is blossoming beautifully on the other side of a divorce and remarriage [...]
Good morning... This Easter season, I saw God's Spirit creatively at work, loving, spreading, multiplying. I witnessed the words of Jesus coming true before our very eyes: "I tell you for certain that if you have faith in me, you will do the same things I am doing. You will do even greater things, now that I am [...]
Good morning... "Mary at the Base of the Cross," reads the title of this painting by Chris Gollon. The mood is melting, silent, somber. Even the glow of the moon drains down like a tear. Helpless hands hug weathered wood. One hand is upright, sturdy like a back bone. The other is cupped, holding an empty womb. Hollowed-out [...]
Good morning... "A soul friend is a person you trust enough to share some of the deepest matters of your heart, someone who will listen to what you share without any kind of judgement, without trying to "fix" anything, and without flattering or criticizing you," writes Margaret Silf on page 47 of Simple Faith. "He or she will, [...]
Good morning... "Sue," she emailed after yesterday's post, When Our Old Life Ends. "I awake these days into your sacred hours...4AM...sometimes with clear knowledge of what I must do this day...this morning with a practical breakthrough of thought...and also deep journaling about my gratitude for the abundant surround sound love and support I am being blessed with...and some [...]
Happy Valentine's Day... "I have loved you just as My Father has loved Me," whispers Jesus in John 15:9 (NLV). "Stay in My love." Find God everywhere. Fall in love. Stay in love. God's absolute love changes everything, finally. ...Sue... P.S. Thanks to all who purchased items for the Valentine's Day party at PAWkids. The personalized gift baskets, [...]
Good morning... "The Gospel tells us constantly to run the risk of a face-to-face encounter with others, with their physical presence which challenges us, with their pain and their pleas, with their joy which infects us in our close and continuous interaction," says Pope Francis. "True faith in the incarnate Son of God is inseparable from self-giving, from [...]
Good morning... A forever friend sent me the image above. "I'm not interested in whether you've stood with the great. I'm interested in whether you've sat with the broken." True. Tender. Touching. I sense the nod of God. Words we read aloud in our Sunday afternoon class now bring this quote to life. ****** Excerpt from pages 17 [...]
Good morning... As we move through this first month of this brand new year, we are repeatedly reminded that the world's ways oppose the ways of God. War. Greed. Violence. Injustice. Innocent death after innocent death. How are we to respond? Becoming a vessel of healing light and resurrected life in today's toxic times, we deepen down into [...]
Good morning... After snapping a photo of still branches silhouetted in purple gray, I revisit a quote shared by a friend before the dawn of a new day. "Sit with it. Sit with it. Sit with it. Sit with it. Even though you want to run. Even when it’s heavy and difficult. Even though you’re not quite sure [...]
