Good morning... As a teacher, I struggle to open safe space for the shy and the bold, the quiet and the talkative, the slow processors and the quick responders. All of us have gifts of great value to share, but how might I make room for the shy, quiet, slow processors and the bold, talkative, quick responders? I [...]
Good morning... In Waking Up to This Day, Paula D'Arcy shares transformative truth: "Catherine of Siena writes, 'My deepest me is God.'" (16) "When we see something as it is, the breaking of the shell begins," Paula explains. "My friend Flynn reflects, 'Even to look at an iris and think, "Such a beautiful flower," is already expressing an [...]
Good morning... Two people sent me Richard Rohr meditations on the same morning this week. When something repeats itself, it tends to get my attention. At the end of the devotional, Rohr shared this childlike depiction of how grace works. In her autobiography Story of a Soul, Thérèse tells a story of standing at the bottom of the [...]
Good morning... On our way to becoming who we really are, consider today's centering questions: At the groggy beginning of the day, how might this day change you? How might you describe the corners of your life, sharper or rounded off? Sharper or rounded off, how does this feel to you and to others? A friend texted this [...]
Good morning... The 2026 World Cup action has been thrilling and frustrating, exciting and heartbreaking, bonding and controversial. Tonight the USA team plays Belgium at 8:00 pm, and many across the globe will experience the wide range of emotions wired into each human heart. "The world is meant to meet," is a phase that lingers from one of [...]
Good morning... As our Thursday group met this month, we began our time by reading aloud this prayer from the Ignatian exercises. Then we unpacked the most famous verse from the book of Micah. He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? [...]
Good morning... Having heard that I just became a grandmother, a friend from Florida wrote: "Sue I am SO excited and happy for you!! Yay yay yay!! Just catching up on emails and overjoyed for your whole family!" She continued: "I love this Henry David Thoreau quote too: 'Every child begins the world again.' And the video below [...]
Good morning... The full moon this Maundy Thursday shines light on the story of Easter. From Smyrna, Georgia down south to the shores of Kiawah Island, South Carolina and up north to the waters of Blue Ridge to the Vinings area of Atlanta, God's light pierces our darkness. [...]
Good morning... Last weekend, I led a retreat with thirty-two women for Kairos, a small Presbyterian church in town. God inspired the "Made for More" retreat material from a funny card I received several years back. Symbolically, we are all born as caterpillars, mindlessly munching the leaf upon which we [...]
Good morning... One thing my 87 year old mom has loved over the years is collecting and displaying nativity sets every Advent season. Yesterday, we began the process of locating and arranging throughout the house a few of these unique creations. To tell you the truth, the experience was [...]
