In A Dark Place

Good morning... I think back on a phone conversation I had with a friend this week, a friend stuck in a dark place. She read aloud to me a poignant quote from the book Let God: Spiritual Conversations with Francois Felenon by Winn Collier. "We shouldn't give much energy toward trying to see precisely how God is working [...]

By |2023-07-15T01:56:31-04:00July 15th, 2023|Death And Resurrection, Letting Go, Light In Darkness|

We Are Audrey’s Angels

Good morning... "Sue, you might want to check the list of people on your blog," Jennifer DeShetler texted after yesterday's heartbreaking post, Audrey Relapsed Again. "There have to be real angels of God reading. Dr. Kushner called Ben this morning." "Wow," I replied. "I have chills, Jennifer. God is at work in ways we cannot see or understand. [...]

By |2023-07-14T08:57:02-04:00July 14th, 2023|Community, Light In Darkness, Mystery|

Fourth. Full Moon. Freedom For All.

Good morning... Waking in the wee hours of this July 4th, I snap a photo of the full moon beaming bright above our darkened world. Fourth. Full moon. Freedom for all. My mind is drawn back to a phrase shared in our blog post a few days ago: "Trail of Tears." "The Trail of Tears was an ethnic [...]

By |2023-07-04T03:35:22-04:00July 4th, 2023|Everyday life, God's Plan, Light In Darkness|

A Blind Singer With Vision

Good morning... Ginny Owens is a blind singer who relies on God as her vision. "Owens was born in Jackson, Mississippi, with poor eyesight and has been blind since the age of three," says Wikipedia. In her own words, Ginny explains her situation: "I inherited everything from cataracts to glaucoma to just several things that were not great. [...]

By |2023-06-21T00:04:01-04:00June 20th, 2023|Imperfection, Light In Darkness, Trust God|

What Lies Ahead?

Good morning... As we walked around the horse farm, we talked candidly about the unstoppable transitions closing in on each of us. We shared our fears, our insecurities, our mistakes, and our doubts. At one moment along the path, we naturally stopped for a tender, tearful embrace. It felt right, totally right, enveloping each other in a hug, [...]

By |2023-06-19T09:27:58-04:00June 19th, 2023|Everyday life, God's Plan, Light In Darkness|

The Silent Speech Of A Changing Sky

Good morning... I took this photo while visiting Grayton Beach, Florida in August of 2021. This particular sunset was the most memorable I have ever experienced. So, when our friend Corinne Adams sent me photos from the same beach this week, I could feel God's multi-faceted expression. "All within an hour!" Corinne shared her delight along with these [...]

By |2023-06-17T05:17:25-04:00June 17th, 2023|Light In Darkness, Silence And Solitude, Trust God|

We Sip Light In Our Coffee

Good morning... During my quiet weekend away, I experienced a unique communion. Instead of broken bread and poured out wine, I sipped light in my morning coffee. As we ponder this inviting picture, what insights are stirred? We have a fuller confirmation of the message of the prophets. You would do well to pay close attention to this [...]

By |2023-06-12T05:10:47-04:00June 12th, 2023|Everyday life, Light In Darkness, Trust God|

Beautiful Souls Have Passed

Good morning... This Memorial Day weekend, I snapped a luminous photo of the sun setting in the quiet woods. Emanating. Permeating. Radiating free. Today we remember so many beautiful souls who have passed on to forever while protecting our country and the freedoms we hold dear. Mysteriously, generation after generation, their presence with us continues to emanate, permeate, [...]

By |2023-05-31T03:13:28-04:00May 29th, 2023|Community, Death And Resurrection, Light In Darkness|

4,000 Neighbors And Me

Good morning... Four thousand neighbors struggle with me through an internet outage. We have been without service for about thirty-six hours, thus no blog post this morning. No internet also means no TV, no email, none of the normal communications I usually take for granted. An insight sparks as I sit at Starbucks at 8:30 pm, writing. Our [...]

By |2023-04-27T06:34:42-04:00April 26th, 2023|Community, God's Love, Light In Darkness|

McLeod Reframes Our Grief

Good morning... In these wee hours I am drawn to a poem, a poem widening a very sacred space in us. ****** The Great Reframe by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer Let this sorrow that has opened me to love be like a frame that has no photo— so I might know how to be this broken open, this tender, [...]

By |2023-04-11T09:49:05-04:00April 11th, 2023|Grief, Light In Darkness, Prayer|
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