Good afternoon... Never before have I felt compelled to share a second blog post on the same day. With email responses piling up from this morning's message, Praying for Olga, I offer us an intimate update from Ukraine. Throughout the day, I have heard from many of you who yearn to join our hearts in prayer on behalf [...]
Good morning... On Sunday morning, we were given time to read to ourselves the Unison Prayer of Confession. Slowly. Silently. Sitting still, we each read reverently. Once we had deepened down into the words privately, we read the follow prayer aloud together. Slowly. Silently. Sitting still. Might you join me now as we are touched by this wide-eyed [...]
Good morning... Our post from last week What Is Mine To Do? has invited some very dynamic dialogue. Yesterday I shared one reader's response. Today I share with you another subscriber's perspective. ****** Dear Sue, Thank you for your thoughts today, and for your service in your community. I was anxious to read your post as soon as [...]
Good morning... One post from last week may have slipped off your radar, but What Is Mine To Do? has privately filled my week with some dynamic dialogue. Our blog was about the "depressed, exhausted, upset" experience one friend felt after her first time as a homework helper with inner city children, some who cannot read or write [...]
Good morning... One week ago I rested like a fly on the wall in the foyer of KIPP Woodson Park Academy, waiting for the staff from PAWkids to arrive. As I sat quietly in a light filled corner, I texted myself snippets of conversations I overheard. "He's on the run," a teacher told a grandmother who had been [...]
Good morning... Yesterday was a joyful whirlwind of receiving much as we gave our little. Providing a beautiful breakfast for one hundred inner city teachers at KIPP Woodson Park Academy, hearing stories of the tears of joy shed by the elderly recipients of our fun filled 100 Valentine's Day gift bags, and helping to host a Valentine's Day [...]
Good morning... "I have another idea that you could possibly help me with," Larenzia Lawerence from PAWkids texted me last week. "So, I wanted to do some gifts for seven outstanding teachers at KIPP Woodson Park, five women and two men. They help the kids in our after school program so much. I can see in their eyes [...]
Good morning... This week I happened upon a powerful quote by Madeleine Delbrêl. "Once we have heard God’s Word, we no longer have the right not to accept it; once we have accepted it, we no longer have the right not to let it become flesh in us; once it has become flesh in us, we no longer [...]
Good morning... Our written word community is beautifully living out the joy of 2 Corinthians 9:7 (CEB): Everyone should give whatever they have decided in their heart. They shouldn’t give with hesitation or because of pressure. God loves a cheerful giver. We were given a fun invitation by LaTonya Gates, the founder and director of PAWkids. "Sue, everyone [...]
Good morning... In December, many of you pitched in to donate items to fill 100 gift bags for the senior citizens of the impoverished Grove Park area of our city. A handful of us joyfully assembled the Christmas gifts at Corinne Adam's art studio over two magic-making work shifts. Then I drove the precious presents to PAWkids, who [...]
