Freedom To Fall

Good morning... "We are not helping our children by always preventing them from what might be a necessary falling," writes Richard Rohr on page 28 of Falling Upward, "because you learn how to recover from falling by falling! It is precisely by falling off the bike many times that you eventually learn what the balance feels like. The [...]

By |2019-10-17T07:08:04-04:00October 17th, 2019|God's Love, Spiritual Growth, Suicide, True Self, Trust God|

Meaning From Migraines?

Good morning... As her migraines turned into debilitating vertigo, she was held home, laid low, centered down for weeks. Finally on Friday she returned to class in our living room. Because focussing on small print on the page made her condition worse, she had not read a word of our book for the semester, Richard Rohr’s Falling Upward. [...]

By |2019-10-20T09:09:42-04:00October 16th, 2019|Community, Everyday life, God's Love, Gratitude, Healing|

Center Me Down

Good morning... I pulled the bookmark from my signed copy of one of my favorite books, The Hidden Life Awakened, and I put the small slip of card stock beside the lamp on my bedside table. Centering myself on God's endless Source of life-giving energy, now I whisper aloud each night and each morning the prayer first formed in [...]

By |2019-10-11T20:31:22-04:00October 15th, 2019|Awareness, Everyday life, God's Love, Peace, Prayer, Trust God|

Savor Sabbath: Sit At God’s Table

Good morning... Last Sunday after church, my overactive mind began to wonder, "What different types of tables exist in our world?" I know, quirky question, but stick in here with me. I began to brainstorm a comprehensive list. Billiards table. Changing table. Breakfast table. Conference table. Coffee table. Folding table. Picnic table. Dinner table. Poker table. Negotiating table. [...]

By |2019-10-11T20:04:19-04:00October 13th, 2019|Abundance, Awareness, Everyday life, God's Love, Heaven On Earth|

Enjoy Life-Giving Energy

Good morning... "We all try to do what seems like the task that life first hands us," writes Richard Rohr, "establishing an identity, a home, relationships, community, security, and building a proper platform for our only life." This is a good place for all of us to begin. Rohr continues: "But it takes us much longer to discover [...]

By |2019-10-11T05:44:04-04:00October 11th, 2019|Abundance, Everyday life, God's Love, Joy, Organic Growth|

Love With God

Good morning... "By doing the work of honoring, balancing, and integrating your inner life and your outer life," says wisdom from yesterday's post, "you will be able to more purely love God by offering your whole self to the work of love." Honor. Balance. Integrate. Inner life and outer life. Love God more purely. Offer whole self completely. [...]

By |2019-10-05T03:47:04-04:00October 5th, 2019|God's Love, Healing, Silence And Solitude, Trust God|

Savor Sabbath: God Saves

Good morning... This week we are savoring an image sparking intimate trust with our living LORD. On Monday, we learned: The Lord your God is with you . . . even when you make mistakes. He is mighty to save (deliver, make whole) . . . even and especially when you fail. He will take great delight in [...]

By |2019-09-22T02:49:23-04:00September 22nd, 2019|Community, God's Love, Sabbath, Trust God|

A Hand Reached Down

Good morning... "Though I have forwarded your blog to my family members more times than I can count, and though I have silently responded to you in my brain just as many times, I have never sent an actual response." She admitted, "It’s intimidating to put down thoughts, but I’m responding to the post of Monday. Because of [...]

By |2019-09-20T04:19:08-04:00September 20th, 2019|Aging, Everyday life, God's Love, Gratitude, Trust God|

Savor Sabbath: Rooted In Trust

Good morning... Eight out of ten times our family worships God at church on Sunday mornings, but today we will savor this Sabbath differently. My husband will worship God this morning at a coffee shop, meeting up with a Lovett School grad who wisely unplugged from college for the weekend to come home to talk vulnerably about the [...]

By |2019-09-15T10:51:32-04:00September 15th, 2019|Community, God's Love, Listen, Sabbath, Trust God|

In Fire And In Flood

Good morning... Worshipping at church yesterday, one sentence touched me deeply, reminding me of the challenging week we have collectively experienced. "You're with us in the fire and the flood." I came home and googled the title of the song sharing this most powerful promise. Now it is your turn to be strengthened by the music video God [...]

By |2019-09-09T01:39:17-04:00September 9th, 2019|Everyday life, God's Love, Healing, Tragedy, Trust God|
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