Making Room For Zoom

Good morning... This virus exposes our bitter truth: stuck in this together, we are all aging dogs forced to learn new tricks. For the first time in my life, I am making room for Zoom, a virtual event where one person hosts a meeting and multiple participants communicate through the computer screen. With many of us working from [...]

By |2020-03-26T03:44:03-04:00March 26th, 2020|Community, Healing, Pain, Spiritual Growth, Unity|

Who Sends Life’s Storms?

Good morning... "Why did Jesus send his disciples into the storm?" asked yesterday's dynamic devotional quoting Paul David Tripp. "He did it for the same reasons he sometimes sends you into storms - because he knows that sometimes you need the storm in order to be able to see the glory," came the quick, tidy answer. "For the believer, [...]

By |2020-02-29T11:41:14-05:00February 29th, 2020|Everyday life, Imperfection, Light In Darkness, Pain, Trust God|

Life Is Not Easy

Good morning... From another state, she texted me a screen shot of a book page, sharing a dynamic devotional message from yesterday morning. She had no idea that sitting on my bedside table is the exact same daily devotional book, Paul David Tripp's New Morning Mercies. Since the words of wisdom resonate so profoundly with my faraway friend [...]

By |2020-02-28T11:45:58-05:00February 28th, 2020|Anxiety, Depression, Pain, Trust God|

Is It Enough?

Good morning... "The key passage that I think we have to come to terms with is 1 Peter 2:23," says Pastor John in yesterday's powerful posted podcast. "When [Jesus] was reviled, he did not revile in return; when he suffered, he did not threaten, but continued entrusting himself to him who judges justly. And so my question for myself and for my [...]

By |2020-02-25T08:31:42-05:00February 25th, 2020|Death And Resurrection, Everyday life, God's Love, Pain, Trust God|

The Heart Of My Husband

Good morning... Over the past few days, I have heard from many of you about disappointments, dashed dreams, hopes piling high before falling apart. It is important for us to share our stories of life's imperfect moments as we rise up from our low points, learning key lessons. 1) We are not alone when life gets hard. We [...]

By |2020-02-18T08:45:28-05:00February 18th, 2020|Everyday life, Imperfection, Pain, Spiritual Growth, Trust God|

Our Uphill Climb

Good morning... "I'm glad God is not fair," said the middle aged man who battled through life-shattering addiction to become a husband at age forty-two and a father at forty-four then again at forty-six. His story reminds me of the quote that ends Falling Upward by Richard Rohr. "Just remember: no one can keep you from the second [...]

By |2020-02-13T05:13:50-05:00February 13th, 2020|Death And Resurrection, Pain, Transformation, True Self, Trust God|

Healing People Heal

Good morning... I have heard the expression: "Hurting people hurt." This week I was introduced to the flip side: "Healing people heal." Pondering this phrase in the wee hours of the night, I open an email from Jan Johnson, a California professor from my spiritual direction training program. For me, Jan puts flesh on the bones of these [...]

By |2020-01-28T04:14:17-05:00January 28th, 2020|Everyday life, Healing, Heaven On Earth, Pain, Transformation|

Savor Sabbath: From Pain To Peace

Good morning... "Sue, I’m sorry so much tragedy has visited you, your family, and so many other people you love," a subscriber wrote yesterday. "Your post today brought to mind the Pieta, the amazing sculpture by Michelangelo in St. Peter’s Basilica. I’ve seen it three times, and on each occasion the rendering of Mary holding Jesus’s body caused [...]

By |2019-07-14T08:29:54-04:00July 14th, 2019|Abundance, Death And Resurrection, Pain, Peace, Sabbath|

Love Flows

Good morning... After re-working yesterday's post, I touch on the Henri Nouwen online devotional, and God's Spirit flows me further down the exact same wavelength. It is as if Nouwen is continuing the final sentence of our morning message, a sentence which reads: "If we prayerfully listen well to the inklings of God’s Spirit stirring in our soul, [...]

By |2019-05-10T04:11:38-04:00May 10th, 2019|Everyday life, God's Love, Pain, Prayer, Unity|

Were You There?

Good morning... This sacred Saturday, we are called to remember, piecing together, mentally re-membering the painstaking process that crucified our Lord. Here is a song to help you remember, piecing together, re-membering in your mind God's ultimate gift of sacrificial love. Let's take ourselves back with a touching rendition of Were you there? Late in the afternoon a wealthy man [...]

By |2019-04-19T07:11:25-04:00April 20th, 2019|Awareness, Death And Resurrection, God's Love, Jesus Christ, Pain|
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