I Am Just Like You

Good morning... When we were in Israel, we went to Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center. Intense. Heartbreaking. A reminder of such excruciating pain and suffering. I took a photo of this quote from Benjamin Fondane, who was murdered at Auschwitz in 1944: "Remember only that I was innocent and, just like you, mortal on that [...]

By |2023-04-09T23:28:35-04:00April 7th, 2023|Death And Resurrection, God's Plan, Jesus Christ|

I Stop Trying. Again.

Good morning... I have tried three times to write this Maundy-Thursday message. 1:30 - 3:30 am: My plethora of scattered thoughts just simply would not connect. I went back to bed. 7:00 to 9:00 am: After working diligently again, I touched one wrong random button. Away zapped all my hard, irretrievable work. Now it's 9:01 am: I give [...]

By |2023-04-06T09:51:23-04:00April 6th, 2023|God's Plan, God's Timing, Letting Go|

Comparison Kills Our Joy

Good morning... "WOW, congrats!!!" she reached out after yesterday's blog post about our oldest son's engagement. Her email continued: "Driving into the factory this morning, I listened to Family Life Today and learned of a “new to me” book from 2015 - Seated with Christ: Living Freely in a Culture of Comparison by Heather Holleman. I really needed [...]

By |2023-03-01T01:47:25-05:00February 28th, 2023|Everyday life, God's Plan, Joy|

As Our Families Expand

Good morning... I wake to remnants of our oldest son's engagement party. A homemade congratulations banner. A line-up of photos from their eight months of dating. A frig full of leftover food and beverages. Remnants of a wonderful whirlwind weekend. Just now, as I sat down to blog about our one-of-a-kind Saturday, at 1:40 am came a rustle [...]

By |2023-03-01T08:41:31-05:00February 27th, 2023|Family and Friends, God's Plan, Organic Growth|

Hanging On By This Thread

Good morning... "I loved your Stop Trying post," a longtime friend wrote yesterday. "The image of hands caught my attention." "On our recent trip to New York, we went to the Guggenheim," she explained. "There was an exhibit for Black History Month that was quite moving, about slave ships coming to America. I keep returning to the close [...]

By |2023-02-25T03:24:20-05:00February 25th, 2023|Death And Resurrection, God's Plan, Jesus Christ|

I Feel Like Dirt

Good morning... Yesterday, after my second sleep, I woke to a thought provoking poem sent by a friend. Slowly, I read it aloud to myself, thinking, "What a gorgeous way to begin Ash Wednesday." As we journey into the invitation of this Lenten season, might we each take a moment to savor these words which are blown like [...]

By |2023-02-23T04:57:49-05:00February 23rd, 2023|God's Plan, Human Nature, True Self|

Life’s Outline Emerges

Good morning... Prayer is what happens when we listen, and wait, beneath words, for the outline of heaven and earth to emerge. —Wayne Muller, “Nourished by Prayer” Blessed the man, blessed the woman, who listens to me, awake and ready for me each morning, alert and responsive as I start my day’s work. When you find me, you [...]

By |2023-02-20T01:42:34-05:00February 20th, 2023|God's Plan, Listen, Prayer|

Coming Out Of Chaos

Good morning... The Bible begins in chaos. When God began creating the heavens and the earth, the earth was a shapeless, chaotic mass, with the Spirit of God brooding over the dark vapors. Then God said, “Let there be light.” And light appeared (Genesis 1:1-3, TLB). Then immediately God went to work, divided the light from the darkness, [...]

By |2023-02-04T02:50:46-05:00February 4th, 2023|God's Plan, Letting Go, New From Old|

My Mug Shots

Good morning... "In every picture you take at PAWkids, you exude such joy," said a trusted friend. I'm beginning to realize that the joy we exude offers an "X marks the spot" revelation. A sensation of joyful passion is a great indicator of where and with whom God might want us to invest our time and our talents. [...]

By |2023-02-03T10:27:35-05:00February 3rd, 2023|Everyday life, God's Plan, Spiritual Gifts|

You Make Beautiful Things

Good morning... The praise band led us in a meaningful song. I thought of all the dusty rubble blanketing Ukraine. All our living bodies that came from dust and will someday return. The humbling pain of the lost, the grieving, the vulnerable. The organic growth of hope that mysteriously sprouts from our chaos. Revisiting the simple lyrics now, [...]

By |2023-01-30T08:58:02-05:00January 30th, 2023|Everyday life, God's Plan, Organic Growth|
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