Good morning... "Hi Sue," she wrote this week. "Wanted to let you know that your recent post and poem has helped a friend of mine in Jacksonville. He lost both his brother-in-law and nephew in two separate drug overdoses in a three week period. So much sadness — thanks for all you do for so many." She proceeded [...]
Good morning... We all have founding fathers, generations of grandfathers, and some of us have beloved fathers at home in heaven, at home right now, feasting with our Heavenly Father as we celebrate this special day set aside for dads. Out of sight but in our minds, how will we celebrate the legacy of our loved ones this [...]
Good morning... "We have each come from a unique past, and the life surrounding us now is chocked full of potential," my sermon on Sunday continued God's encouragement. "Right now, at this very moment, one of my mentors in the faith, Richard Rohr, is talking candidly with Oprah Winfrey. 11:00 am Sunday, June 2nd. This very same moment, I [...]
Good morning... As each new season begins, it is important to consider, "Where have we been?" Looking back before moving forward allows us to keep our balance, our sense of stability, our essential equilibrium. So, as I stepped up to preach at the Log Cabin Church on Sunday, I began with these words. ****** We Come Home Together [...]
Good morning... The old wooden pews were nicely filled. After saying "Hello" to a handful of friendly, familiar faces, I was escorted to the front of the church, to a velvety antique chair just behind the pulpit. "Oh no," my heart sank. I thought I would be non-conspicuously sitting with the church family until it was my time [...]
Good morning... Last night I enjoyed a very special dinner. I slid into my seat with a private tableful of women, three I knew mildly, four I had never met. These longtime friends asked me to join them as they discussed how to help their teenage daughters process a time of deep loss and great grief. Another family [...]
Good morning... "Oh Sue, I know what you mean!" one subscriber wrote to me after reading last week's posts, Welcome To Our Messy Home, Does My Mess Bless, Seasonal Insanity, and Dust If You Must. "I think any mom who has cherished the happy chaos of childhood gets it. Ok don’t laugh, but one of my favorite rainy day [...]
Good morning... Saturated by the mayhem of May, I received a convicting email from a friend. She wrote, "Here is a small section of something I read today: 'When one gallon of water is spread to its thinnest molecules, it can cover an area of nearly five square miles. It would be difficult to see, and beyond that [...]
Good morning... I fell in love with a song when our kids were young, a song comparing two neighboring houses "side by side on Baxter Street." Allen Levi's soothing voice tickles our heart with this chorus: "1412 is a magazine cover. 1420 is covered with kids. One's just a picture post card. The other's where real people live." [...]
Good morning... Leaning against our foyer table was our seventeen-year-old son's lacrosse gear, used hard in the state tournament game, and his guitar amp was sitting nearby, left over from their rock band's recent graduation gig. Laid out in our living room were backpacks and bedrolls unchosen by my son and my husband for their week long hiking/camping [...]
