Good morning... So many of us have seen and loved the movie Same Kind of Different As Me, yet there is one sacred moment I miss from the book that did not appear in the Hollywood version. “Early in the morning, the doorbell rang,” writes Ron Hall on page 182. “When I opened the door, I saw Denver standing [...]
Good morning... I received a surprise email from one of the directors from my two year spiritual direction training program. From Cleveland, Ohio she wrote: "Hoping the event goes well for Same Kind of Different as Me. I am asking God to bless your effort to reach out to others about with the message of this story. I am [...]
Good Morning... Another benefit of being the first awake on a mountain retreat is the joy of choosing one mug from the many. I picked mine in a groggy state - picked one with words - that's about all I noticed. And its size - it was the biggest of the bunch - more coffee sips to savor. As [...]
Good morning... Last night we shared cocktails with a changed man. Humbled. Engaging. Down-to-earth. He told one God-story after another, effortlessly, honestly. My favorite story includes a couple conniving Christians and a hand-me-down book in the hands of a stranger, a wife and a husband on a brand new Harley and being at the end of our human rope [...]
Good morning... A few weeks back, I woke to a painful text. "So sorry to have been so out of pocket. So very much going on. However, tonight I am sitting here with sweet Tess. Just have not been able to talk about it since hearing last week. She if full of cancer. I saw a friend who is [...]
Good morning... Our prayers for healing from cancer for our friend Julie were not answered as we had hoped, but Julie's mom still believes in God's healing power, just like I do. Taught to trust through painful life experience after painful life experience, she still believes boldly in God's higher plan. "I only know that throughout my life, even [...]
Good morning... My heart sank when my close friend texted yesterday morning, four days into her unexpected hospital stay: "Waiting for the pathology from the spinal tap. Yes, no doubt there is an abnormality. They have it in one of two camps: a very rare syndrome that causes recurrent meningitis or a malignant tumor. Praying no malignant or other [...]
Good morning... Now is about the time when those grieving the loss of our friend Julie are tempted to slip into deep despair. This situation will never change. She is never coming back to us. The high of celebrating her life has dropped down into the relentless ache of physically missing her. One friend who lost her brother way [...]
Good morning... For years and years I have loved my friend Jennifer. Quiet and quirky. Compassionate and crazy bright. Jennifer and I met in Bible study when her son and daughter were toddlers. God joined us for divine reasons invisible back then. I remember when Jennifer told me that her five year old Audrey was limping a lot on [...]
Good morning... The scheduled speaker reached out to me, asking if I would be a part of Tuesday's Lovett Moms in Prayer gathering, a group Julie Harlan had helped to facilitate weekly since her oldest son was in kindergarten. She emailed: "It should be a morning of celebrating our sweet Julie with prayer and you were so close to [...]
