Praying Out Our Grief

Good morning... By 10:00 am last Monday, three innocent 9-year-olds and three loving educators were killed in the safety of their small Christian school, before police put down the 28-years-old suicidal shooter. Then, by 10:00 pm that very same night, forty migrants (most from Guatemala) were left to die in their locked retaining cells as fire ripped through [...]

By |2023-04-04T02:15:05-04:00April 4th, 2023|Grief, Light In Darkness, Prayer|

Just Let The Spirit Hover

Good morning... As I received this image from a dear friend, I was reminded of a quote we read aloud in class this week. ****** Excerpt from page 43 of The Other Side of Chaos by Margaret Silf Transitions are messy. Transitions are chaotic. Transitions are where our hard-won order breaks down into disorder. I remember well the [...]

By |2023-02-18T02:31:58-05:00February 18th, 2023|God's Timing, Holy Spirit, Light In Darkness|

Every One Must Decide

Good morning... On this day of remembrance, I reflect upon my favorite quote from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "Everyone must decide to walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness." Everyone. Every one of us must decide. Light or darkness? Creative or destructive? Altruism or selfishness? Creative altruism is the act of selflessly helping [...]

By |2023-01-16T11:41:04-05:00January 16th, 2023|Community, Discernment, Light In Darkness|

Somehow Light Find Us

Good morning... Light is sweet; how pleasant to see a new day dawning. When people live to be very old, let them rejoice in every day of life. But let them also remember there will be many dark days (Ecclesiastes 11:7-8a, NLT). In this season of Epiphany, when the light of Christ fans out to reach us in [...]

By |2023-01-13T08:31:26-05:00January 13th, 2023|Everyday life, God's Love, Light In Darkness|

I Have Been Insensitive

Good morning... "In a handful of relationships I have been insensitive," I explain to my friend. "I have dropped the ball. I have trampled over feelings. I sense my flaws so significantly right now. But the light of the sun still rises on me, and God's radiance breaks through anyway." "It's like the clouds on our last night [...]

By |2023-01-13T03:06:51-05:00January 12th, 2023|Everyday life, Imperfection, Light In Darkness|

I’m Not Who I Want To Be

Good morning... Her poem, delivered to my inbox in the middle of this ordinary night, says just what I am thinking. ****** Ambition by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer I am so far from the woman I want to be, so far from humility and simplicity. I dream of clearing not only the shelves, not only the closets, but also [...]

By |2023-01-11T03:24:47-05:00January 11th, 2023|Everyday life, God's Love, Light In Darkness|

Her Grieving Heart

Good morning... "It was often very tender and sometimes sore over the holidays," she texted about her grieving heart. "Longing. Causing plenty of tears of remembering and of grief over not enough life shared. All the family went away together and had a loving and kind respite. It was honest and a loving time. We let each other [...]

By |2023-01-09T00:54:35-05:00January 9th, 2023|Family and Friends, Grief, Light In Darkness|

Enjoy This Epiphany

Good morning... Today, January 6th, we celebrate Epiphany. Alongside Christmas and Easter, Epiphany is one of the three oldest festival days of the Christian church. In Greek, epiphaneia means “manifestation." This Christian holiday commemorates the first manifestation of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, who are represented by the Magi, the three kings who traveled by the light of [...]

By |2023-01-06T04:45:48-05:00January 6th, 2023|Discernment, Light In Darkness, Trust God|

Be Where Love Is Needed

Good morning... "Any chance you could walk tomorrow afternoon?" a friend texted me on Monday. "We are in Kentucky with Steve's sister, so tomorrow is not possible," I explained. "Steve's sister lives alone. Her husband died of suicide in the back yard of their rental home 8 years ago. She still lives in the same place. As a [...]

By |2023-01-01T05:27:45-05:00December 31st, 2022|Everyday life, God's Love, Light In Darkness|
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