Dying At Age 41?

Good morning... Yesterday renown basketball player Kobe Bryant died in a helicopter crash at age 41. I jotted these notes as I listened to the news report. "Legendary advocate for boys sports and girls sports alike. Poised. Self-aware. Hard working. Man of the world. Determined to prove himself. Endured grueling rehab so that our last image of him [...]

By |2020-01-27T04:00:46-05:00January 27th, 2020|Community, Death And Resurrection, God's Love, Gratitude, Heaven On Earth|

Will You Get In The Boat?

Good morning... "On this morning, if I can leave anything with you, let me urge you to be sure that you have a strong boat of faith," said Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. on March 3rd, 1968 at Ebenezer Baptist Church here in Atlanta, Georgia. "The winds are going to blow. The storms of disappointment are coming. The [...]

By |2020-01-20T09:49:10-05:00January 20th, 2020|Death And Resurrection, Faith, Fear, God's Love, Trust God|

Savor Sabbath: Be Nesting

Good morning... As I touch on the "Past Blog Posts" button below to review the wisdom woven around us this week, "nest" is the word filling my mind. As a noun, a "nest" is a pocketlike, circular structure of twigs, grass, and mud formed by a bird, often high in a tree, providing a protected place in which [...]

By |2020-01-19T13:55:13-05:00January 19th, 2020|Everyday life, God's Love, Home, Organic Growth, Sabbath|

After My Bubble Bath

Good morning... Thirty-six hours after being bit hard by a stomach bug, I took a hot bubble bath and felt like a brand new woman. Then my mind turned to those without a home, without a bathtub, without hot running water. What makes homeless people feel brand new after they have the flu? Our family's kitchen is stocked [...]

By |2020-01-15T03:11:52-05:00January 15th, 2020|Abundance, Community, Discernment, God's Love, Heaven On Earth|

As I Pray For This Day

Good morning... In my quiet time of prayer I think about our Jewish friends who witnessed the stabbing of hatred in the safety of their rabbi's home, the shock of Sunday morning worshippers fired upon by a gunman in the sacredness of their small sanctuary, and the complex grief of the family and friends of those misguided men [...]

By |2020-01-02T08:34:16-05:00January 2nd, 2020|God's Love, Healing, Heaven On Earth, Prayer, Unity|

When We Feel MisUNDERstood

Good morning... As I journal with God this morning before our crowded house wakes up, I feel mysteriously drawn to create two lists on one page. On the left I jot the heading OVER. On the right I write UNDER. Then I allow words to popcorn into place. OVER - Overwhelmed. Overlooked. Over-served. Overextended. Overspending. Overindulging. Overanalyzing. Overeating. Overweight. [...]

By |2019-12-28T15:55:52-05:00December 27th, 2019|God's Love, Imperfection, Joy, True Self, Trust God|

Steal My Show

Good morning... "No matter who we are and no matter what we do, we all got our own show, we got our own life," explains TobyMac from the stage at the end of his live concert. "We can either take that life and we can make it ours or we can give it to God and ask Him [...]

By |2019-11-28T05:53:36-05:00November 28th, 2019|Everyday life, God's Love, Gratitude, Letting Go, Trust God|

One Tiny Prayer

Dear LORD... Hold us. Love us. Guide us. You who keeps no record of wrongs, Your voice is always gentle and always kind. We each have a tiny chapel in our hearts where we can meet intimately with You. Anytime. Anywhere. As we move into this season of great joy and expectation, we also may happen upon moments [...]

By |2019-11-26T11:39:39-05:00November 26th, 2019|Everyday life, God's Love, Gratitude, Prayer, Silence And Solitude|

Savor Sabbath: Be Constantly Connected

Good morning... As I look back on our week of learning, this bonding wisdom draws me like a magnet. "God is always saying to us, 'If you give Me everything, I will give you everything," says my vibrant 93-year-old friend Betty Skinner. "It is a constant coming, a constant offering, a constant struggle to let go in order [...]

By |2019-11-23T05:35:54-05:00November 24th, 2019|Everyday life, God's Love, Sabbath, Trust God|

We Don’t Understand

Good morning... "I don't understand anxiety and depression," she said after returning home from a funeral. Our daughter's 22-year-old brain was trying to process why her good friend's mother would take her own life. We both agreed. Because it is not happening to us, it is impossible for any of us to comprehend the swirling storm of anxiety [...]

By |2019-11-19T08:26:08-05:00November 19th, 2019|Anxiety, Depression, God's Love, Letting Go|
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