Our Lions. Our Lambs.

Good morning... Usually, the lion in me is sleeping. Calm is my style. Peace is my baseline. My roaring lion wakes infrequently, but this week she woke (see the details of these dynamics in our post I Was So Mad). Over happy hour, I was talking with a person I dearly love and out [...]

By |2020-07-23T12:06:21-04:00July 23rd, 2020|Everyday life, God's Love, Human Nature, Peace|

How To Grow A Child

Good morning... Still savoring this week's post, To My Surprise, I thought to myself, "Within the first twenty-four hours of life, these baby cardinals felt their own hunger, found their own voice, asked for what they craved, and their red feathered father naturally nurtured their basic needs. If birds can do this, why is it so hard for [...]

By |2020-07-08T07:36:14-04:00July 8th, 2020|Aging, Everyday life, God's Plan, Human Nature, Spiritual Growth|

Celebrate In Spirit

Good morning... "This is our graduation room/table for today," she graciously wrote, trying to salvage and share a special sense of celebration during this strange season of pandemic-stricken Plan B's. "I thought I would share these pictures, because through your blog you sent the 'blessing' I will use as our devotional at our meal," [...]

By |2020-05-17T12:34:35-04:00May 17th, 2020|Abundance, Aging, Family and Friends, God's Love, Human Nature|

We Live In Layers

Good morning... There are so many different aspects of life, various layers of you, me, and us. Football and fantasies. Fighting and friendship. Fun, food, and family. Hurricanes and helpers. Heartache and healing. Hardness, hurriedness, and hopefulness. Wasteful and wonderful. Whining and wondering. Waiting, watching, and "What if?" Individually and collectively, we are a moving mass of living layers. Our daily [...]

By |2019-09-07T08:30:17-04:00September 7th, 2019|Community, Death And Resurrection, Everyday life, God's Plan, Human Nature|

Unlearn A Lot

Good morning... "As Desmond Tutu told me on a recent trip to Capetown, 'We are only the light bulbs, Richard, and our job is just to remain screwed in!" we return again to the Rohr quote guiding us this week. Then we quietly move forward to explore with God the next set of words. "I believe that God [...]

By |2019-06-07T07:40:40-04:00June 8th, 2019|Aging, God's Plan, Human Nature, Spiritual Growth, True Self|

How Can Students Shoot Students?

Good morning... "Last month, as the 20th anniversary of the Columbine High School shooting approached, STEM School Highlands Ranch joined hundreds of schools near Denver in closing temporarily amid security concerns," reports a New York Times article. "The anniversary came and went, and schools returned to their routines. But on Tuesday afternoon, the STEM school’s worst fears were realized when [...]

By |2019-05-08T17:00:20-04:00May 8th, 2019|Human Nature, Imperfection, Tragedy, True Self, Trust God|

We Name. God Tames.

Good morning... As we gathered for the last time this semester for our Monthly Spiritual Growth Group, I read aloud from my heavily underlined copy of The Hidden Life Awakened. Sharing from pages 130 and 131, I highlighted the spiritual growth of our spiritual mentor 93-year-old Betty Skinner. "All of this inner work was gradually bringing Betty to [...]

By |2019-04-25T11:50:26-04:00April 27th, 2019|Anxiety, Healing, Human Nature, Spiritual Growth|

Do Not Wear Worry

Good morning... "Sue, I just read both Monday and Tuesday's posts," she wrote yesterday. "Well as your 'crazy' moment was about turkey, my UGLY moment was about what our young adult kids chose to wear to church on Easter Sunday. I went off before we left the house and ended up being the naggy mom. So, instead of just [...]

By |2019-04-25T07:43:48-04:00April 25th, 2019|Faith, Fear, Human Nature, Imperfection, Letting Go|

We All Lose It

Good morning... Seems yesterday's post, My "Crazy" Popped Out, pierced a nerve. Just listen to the emails gushing the blood of our human nature. "Your message is one I need to hear over and over again as I go through different seasons with my husband, our boys, our daughters-in-law, and our grandkids. It's a constant struggle to refrain [...]

God Is Slow

Good morning... Yesterday's post took hours to develop. It took a long time before wise words from God trickled through one of you and into my inbox, wise words which then graced our morning message. Interestingly, God's teaching on time continued as I went to my first meeting of the day. There I was confronted by the quiet [...]

By |2019-04-09T04:50:53-04:00April 9th, 2019|Everyday life, God's Timing, Human Nature, Listen, Trust God|
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