Good morning... "Double sunrise in Japan." My mind woke in a haze with this strange phrase, then I drifted back into my second segment of sleep. Waking for the day, I remembered those four words, "Double sunrise in Japan." Somehow it seemed centered on a celebration of sorts? So my curiosity did what it so often does, I [...]
Good morning... As I walked to the beach hoping for a photo shoot with the rising sun, I thought, "It's so dark and there are so many thick clouds, I am not sure I will be able to see the sun rise on this day." As the first sliver of the sun peaked through the horizon, [...]
Good morning... In our neck of the woods, we have so many amazing churches and wise leaders speaking truth into our lives. This week a friend shared with me an encouraging email sent by her pastor. Now I share a portion of his passionate letter with you. ******* Politics And Peace, excerpt from congregational letter by Bill Britt, [...]
Good morning... A few semesters back when we were able to freely gather together as learners in our living room, I remember reading these words aloud to our class. "Soulful people temper our tantrums by their calm," writes Richard Rohr, "lessen our urgency by their peace, exhibit a world of options and alternatives when all the conversation turns [...]
Good morning... After re-waking in the morning, I re-read yesterday's post, Be Electrically Aware. In that moment, I lifted my energized eyes to see God's sermon sitting on the couch right in front of me. In one ordinary snapshot Gracie, our little yorkie-shitzu rescue, taught me a little bit more about prayer. Prayer is curling up by a [...]
Good morning... At the fun filled Open Air worship on Sunday night, one Friday morning Bible study friend said, "I have a book I have been meaning to drop off for you. My friend from Jacksonville, Florida gave it to me and I feel compelled to pass it along to you." I didn't think much about her kind [...]
Good morning... Thank you, brave friends. Thank you for engaging in these challenging conversations with me. I have learned much from our two previous posts, "Who Will You Vote For?" and Let's Talk Politics. As many of us acknowledge, we naturally tend to gravitate toward like minded people, and our perspective is broadened as we listen to one [...]
Good morning... Pictured above, I saved this "peace lily plant" years ago when the previous owner was throwing her in the trash. After I tenderly nursed her back to life, she now rests just over the threshold of our front door, bathed in sunlight, welcoming in guests. She has lived in our home for years and years, but [...]
Good morning... One week ago today I turned in devotional thoughts to be shared with our church family. Now as a church member, the morning message appears in my inbox. Even in this one single week in the foreverness of time, I sense God illuminating more of me as I feel the growing edge of the Spirit expanding [...]
Good morning... My old iPhone 5-S died. I posted about that yesterday. As the day unfolded, it became clear: our morning message was not about my phone. It was about our shared sense of losing touch. Stripped by the chaos of Corona, our economic breakdown, and the unrest of injustice, collectively we have lost a lot. As manmade [...]
