Good morning... "Now with the Awake To Wholeness retreat behind us, might we celebrate your birthday season?" I texted a friend. (As I reflect, I realize that "behind" is the wrong word. It is more accurate to say, "Now with the retreat inside us, might we celebrate?") "And . . . I thoroughly enjoyed retelling the Saturday experience [...]
Good morning... Looking back over our weekend, so many multifaceted gifts were unwrapped at our Awake To Wholeness Women's Retreat. Musical meditations. Wise "Aha!" moments. For some of us, tenderizing tears. One tiny tangible gift was tied inside each napkin given with our yummy boxed lunches. A young girl from the church had hand-painted for each participant a [...]
Good morning... I brew a twelve cup pot of coffee before our house guests stir and marvel in amazement at the gifts God stirred up in us. "Therefore I remind you to stir up the gift of God which is in you," says our central Scripture from yesterday's Awake To Wholeness Women's Retreat. "For God has not given [...]
Good morning... "Makes me think of many of our conversations on Friday mornings❤️," she emailed me yesterday. She included the devotional thoughts below, shared this week by Richard Rohr. ****** Friday, October 29, 2021 Week Forty-Three: Original Goodness by Richard Rohr Being “God’s Somebody” Everybody is God’s somebody. —Bishop Michael Curry, Love Is the Way Episcopal Bishop Michael [...]
Good morning... At 3:18 am yesterday, I completed my early morning hours of writing with God and pushed "send" on our message Fearing Our Best Friend? Then I climbed back in bed and drifted back to sleep. I woke at 6:53 am, returned a text to my daughter, made a pot of coffee, and sat down to re-read [...]
Good morning... For the past twenty-four hours, I have been living more in my lungs. Inhale. Exhale. One breath at a time. Bedding down into my quiet center, I rest at peace with the Giver of each breath. Now up from my gut a Scripture verse dawns. “Here’s what I want you to do: Find a quiet, secluded [...]
Good morning... First, I snapped a photo of this original painting I saw on the shelf at Goodwill. The word "broken" in the top right corner is brought to life in a graphic display. At some point along life's way, the experience of "broken" unexpectedly unravels each of us. Next, I was deeply touched by a message in [...]
Good morning... "Praying for you and Steve," she texted prayers for my husband and me. "So much grief and sadness in our community and in our world. The Lovett School has been hit hard with death in just a few weeks and I am so sorry for the loss of your friend." "Our daughter is at UNC," she [...]
Good morning... God's healing power is exchanged by touch; Jesus knew this fact full well. The entire crowd eagerly tried to come near Jesus, to touch him to receive healing, because a tangible, supernatural power emanated from him and healed all who came close to him (Luke 6:19, TPT). Tender touch is powerfully transformative. With Jesus now in [...]
Good morning... The sun set on three lives in three days in my own personal corner of the world. Friday, the middle school daughter of a middle school teacher at our school tragically died in the crash of a small engine plane. Saturday, a lifelong friend who was in our wedding finished his grueling battle with ALS. Sunday, [...]
