God Dawns In Our Darkness

Good morning... I melt into tears as I finally have a quiet moment to savor your many loving texts and emails following yesterday's post. Thank you for responding with such love, care, and support as our community grieves yet another shocking loss. Up the road from Northside Church, in the St. Philips community of faith, a similar story [...]

Be Where Your Feet Are

Good morning... "Be where your feet are," our pastor said in his sermon on Sunday. Be not in the past. Be not in the future. Be here. Be now. Be present. He admits, "This is really hard for me, to be where my feet are." I suspect we all battle the same human tendency, to obsess about the [...]

By |2019-02-20T07:08:44-05:00February 21st, 2019|Light In Darkness, Silence And Solitude, Spiritual Growth, True Self|

T.S. Eliot Quote

Good morning... "I said to my soul, be still, and wait . . . So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing." This T.S. Eliot quote begins our new book for the semester, When The Heart Waits by Sue Monk Kidd. "What does this quote mean?" we wondered aloud as a class. Now I [...]

By |2019-01-19T08:36:58-05:00January 15th, 2019|God's Timing, Light In Darkness, Transformation|

Savor Sabbath: What’s Next?

Good morning... Each sabbath we take a day to rest and review lessons we have learned together in our everyday blog. As the curtain opens on 2019, we are wise to look back, securing our bearings, before seeking and sensing: "God, what's next?" Using the "Previous." link above this message, savor again the inner terrain we have explored [...]

By |2019-01-05T21:32:45-05:00January 6th, 2019|Awareness, Everyday life, Letting Go, Light In Darkness|

When Grief Taints Our Holidays

Good morning... "I'll have a Blue Christmas without you," Elvis Presley sang into our hearts with his 1964 single, the year after I was born. As I have aged into deeper awareness, I wonder, "When people lose loved ones during the holiday season, is Christmas always tainted with the blue of grief?" Something within me feels an answer [...]

By |2019-01-04T09:53:57-05:00January 5th, 2019|Aging, Faith, God's Love, Grief, Light In Darkness|

God’s Light Spreads Through Us

Good morning... After reading yesterday's post, Be Still And See God, she wrote: "You have highlighted my favorite Bible verse. I love the idea of 'Be still/Let go and know that I am God.'" I agreed right away and shed more light: "Yes. I also love this verse. 'Be still (let go) and know that I am God [...]

By |2018-12-27T13:17:08-05:00December 27th, 2018|God's Love, Letting Go, Light In Darkness, Transformation|

What Is Born This Christmas Morn?

Good morning... At the break of dawn, the Light of life enters our darkness. The darkness of grief, anxiety, depression. The darkness of fear, loneliness, uncertainty. The darkness of anger, illness, conflict. The all-powerful God, Creator of heaven and earth, squeezes His whole self into the tender skin of a baby, to bring us the beacon of inextinguishable [...]

By |2018-12-25T06:16:34-05:00December 25th, 2018|Awareness, Everyday life, God's Word, Jesus Christ, Light In Darkness|

How Could Mary Know?

Good morning... At church on Sunday, we sang one of my favorite Christmas songs. Pregnant. Powerful. Provocative. How could Mary know that Jesus would enter her small life and change everything for everyone? Instead of reading written words this morning, why not lean back, listen in, and let God touch you through the gift of song. Mary said: [...]

By |2018-12-12T10:44:47-05:00December 14th, 2018|God's Love, God's Plan, Jesus Christ, Light In Darkness|

Power In Our Pilot Light

Good morning... "God has shown me that the light within me cannot be extinguished," wrote our friend Mary as she grieves the loss of her son, "but there are times when it will be faint, and other times when it will burn bright. The Holy Spirit, the light, is always there within! He shows me that there is [...]

By |2018-11-25T07:48:19-05:00November 26th, 2018|Death And Resurrection, God's Love, Grief, Healing, Light In Darkness|

Savor This Sunday: God’s Inner Light

Good morning... I am sensing God inviting us to develop a new habit. "Savor This Sunday" will be a fresh feature added to our everyday blog. Every Sunday we take extended time to savor the spiritual growth we are experiencing together, week after week. Summing up the Spirit's wisdom, Sundays will offer an overview of each daily message [...]

By |2018-11-25T08:32:29-05:00November 25th, 2018|God's Love, Holy Spirit, Light In Darkness, Spiritual Growth, True Self|
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