Good morning... 2020 has been a doozie all over the world. Globally much has captured our collective concern, but today, September 21st, marks the annual holiday designed to spark our collective gratitude: World Gratitude Day. Why do we need a World Gratitude Day? Isn’t our collective gratitude expressed on Thanksgiving Day? Yes, but traditionally not all countries celebrate [...]
Good morning... One new opportunity brought on by COVID is that the Upper School chapel services led by my husband Steve are shared virtually on YouTube. I received many positive responses from this week's message, so I thought I would share Steve's thoughts with you. What do we do the day after God's binding love begins to unblind [...]
Good morning... The calming voice of my spiritual director soothed me from over the phone. She read to me aloud from a special translation of Psalm 19 by Stephen Mitchell. Later she texted me the words and I read and re-read their beauty in the comfort of my own home. Now I ask you to give yourself the [...]
Good morning... As my awesome friend came to our home for a walk and talk, we looked across the street to see joy in the making. The little, smiley girl from across the street was having a birthday, and this was the coronavirus version of "Celebrate good times!" My friend and I walked up some hills [...]
Good morning... I woke this morning with a verse saturating my mind. I got out of bed, went to my Bible, and searched for the verse. Here's what I found. "No one puts new wine into old wineskins; otherwise the [fermenting] wine will [expand and] burst the skins, and the wine is lost as well as the wineskins. But [...]
Good morning... "I don't see color," a long-time friend said over dinner the other night. I think she meant, "I take people as they are. I don't judge any person by the color of their skin. My diverse relationships are more than skin-deep." Growing up, when we said, "I don't see color," we thought we were being non-judgmental, [...]
Good morning... "Sue, I’m pretty sure you get these Henri Nouwen meditations," she emailed me yesterday, "but this one is really beautiful to me and I want to make sure you see it. Also, we need prayer for a six year old boy that is the son of our daughter's close friend. This little boy has a really bad [...]
Good morning... My heart was touched by the words of one faithful mom. Through glassy eyes of grief, Jacob Blake's mother, Julia, spoke words of healing. Healing for her only son who was left paralyzed after being shot several times in the back. Healing for the police officers involved and their hurting families. Healing for all citizens and [...]
Good morning... Last week a church friend for over twenty-five years sent me the following article. At first reading, I loved it. Over time, I began to wrestled with it. Now I invite you into my soul-searching question, "What is church?" ****** Excerpt from When Church Is Not Bound by Four Walls posted on August 16th, 2020 If church [...]
Good morning... Yesterday a friend from church forwarded me a poem forwarded by a friend. As I read the words slowly, calmly, aloud to myself, it took no time for serenity to spread from my eyes through my lips, into my ears to my soul. Now it's your turn to experience the spread of peace. ****** Time for [...]
