Good morning... Yesterday, spontaneously, the chorus of an old favorite song erupted in me. I unashamedly sang out loud as I drove to PAWkids for our therapeutic community group, remembering the comment made there the night before by a first time homework helper: "You can definitely feel God's presence in this place." "Surely the presence of the Lord [...]
Good morning... Growing up in a Christian home, he had believed in Jesus all his life. Dutifully he went through the habits of faith. Church. Baptism. Confirmation. Prayer. Bible study. Trying to be good and do good. Yet when God's moment was exactly right, he finally heard the voice of the risen Christ knocking on the door to [...]
Good morning... After a morning of yard work, I sat on the couch to relax for a moment. A new-to-me music video reached out from our TV. I had never heard of this music group and had never experienced this inviting song - until this ordinary Saturday afternoon. Brought alive in a gentle embrace, together we are mysteriously [...]
Good morning... "I was lounging on my couch on a beautiful Easter Sunday afternoon with the TV on, when the screen in front of me began to show one of the oldest and most beloved stories of our time," writes my husband Steve in his chaplain's devotional. "It was as much a part of my childhood as anything. [...]
Good morning... After a stormy night a few weeks back, I went into our back yard to survey the debris, the fallen limbs, the messy leaves. What caught my attention was a huge spider web delicately hanging mid-air. I walked over to observe more closely the spider constructing her web. Active. Intricate. Diligently working. The small [...]
Good morning... It seems many of us can relate to the sensation of being bulldozed, as expressed in yesterday's blog post. The word was still on my fingertips when I ran into it in another form. "Standing here on an empty hilltop in New Hampshire, as a bulldozer slowly pushes the debris of a small red house into a [...]
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... Her normal nap spots were vacant. I couldn't find our dog anywhere. Not sucking in cool air on any of her favorite air vents. Not curled up in a cozy ball beside our bed in the corner of our main floor bedroom. Not laying outside her doggy door on the warm weathered wood, watching squirrels frolic [...]
Good morning... I walked up our stairs to the hometown bedroom of our college freshman, and this shocking image is what I saw. Appalling and endearing? Mess and excess? Raunchy and reckless? Most of you might be more mortified than I as you look at this crazy chaos, but my momma-eyes zero in on wonderful remnants of our [...]
