Good morning... "As of today you are not required to wear a mask," the friendly woman said as she checked me into the two-night retreat entitled "Caring For The Whole Person." How amazing to return to the holy grounds of the Ignatius House Retreat Center for the first time since the worldwide pandemic began. Silent. Yoga. Retreat. What [...]
Good morning... Wildly generous artist Corinne Adams and I had a delightful time creating jewelry this month for the kids at the Agape Youth and Family Center (see our recent post I Feel Like Santa's Elf). Then our joy was made more complete as we and a few Julie's Dream volunteers spent Wednesday afternoon helping bilingual children of [...]
Good morning... This Easter morn, we remember back to the final moments of Jesus hanging on the cross. A jar full of sour wine stood there, so they put a sponge full of the sour wine on a hyssop branch and held it to his mouth. When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, “It is finished,” [...]
Good morning... "I thought you might like this," writes a subscriber I have never met. "God is always at work in all our lives." She is just a little bit off. I don't like it, I absolutely love this post by cool blogger Sean of the South. I think you will absolutely love it too. ****** About Last [...]
Good morning... "Thank you," she said after yesterday's post, I Think Of You At Sunrise. "It really matters to me that you take the nighttime shift of prayer on the behalf of so many of us. It matters that I am thought of, prayed for, and bonded with you each day. Our reliable connection matters because so much [...]
Good morning... I read a shocking headline from fifteen hours ago: "73 Percent of the U.S. Covered in Snow, the Most Widespread Coverage in 17 Years." Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida are the only three states in the lower forty-eight completely untouched by snow on The Weather Channel map. I'm disappointed Atlanta is left out of this sensational [...]
Good morning... Last Saturday Steve borrowed a tux, and we thoroughly enjoyed a highly anticipated black tie wedding with longtime friends. The dynamic wedded couple, who had dated diligently for over a decade, will now enjoy many, many more decades growing together in oneness with God and each other. The joyful wedding video from last Saturday is not [...]
Good morning... Walking our dog Tate, I came upon a young mom and two adorable daughters, quite likely around ages four and six. "It's our neighbors' table!" the youngest blurted out, excited about the newly placed wooden table with two long benches sitting beneath the trees at the end of their driveway. Talking back and forth a while, [...]
Good morning... I love walking with my friend who is a retired middle school english teacher. One never knows what fresh wisdom will bubble up between us. Here is a prime example. Discussing what she is learning from her study of the book of Ecclesiastes, she said, "I am trying to make peace with the effervescence of life." [...]
Good morning... Quickly scrolling through some old text messages between myself and two best friends, what stood out to me from the long sea of words was the pictures. The three images below captured my attention before God added an encouraging commentary. Wearied by the world, can we endure the powerful process of [...]
