Good morning... By 10:00 am last Monday, three innocent 9-year-olds and three loving educators were killed in the safety of their small Christian school, before police put down the 28-years-old suicidal shooter. Then, by 10:00 pm that very same night, forty migrants (most from Guatemala) were left to die in their locked retaining cells as fire ripped through [...]
Good morning... Prayer is what happens when we listen, and wait, beneath words, for the outline of heaven and earth to emerge. —Wayne Muller, “Nourished by Prayer” Blessed the man, blessed the woman, who listens to me, awake and ready for me each morning, alert and responsive as I start my day’s work. When you find me, you [...]
Good morning... In yesterday's post, I revealed a strange truth: "I Feel Like Gumby." Stirred awake by the Spirit in the early morning hours, I stretch wide in prayer to hold the deep needs of many. Interestingly, my elementary drawing of this flexible green Gumby now morphs into a new form of creative expression with God. Through colorful, [...]
Good morning... The brutal ugliness of the raging war. The growing death toll after a devastating earthquake. One young mom's grueling journey with advanced colon cancer. Dear friends offering loving care to their spouses with Alzheimers. Laying to rest a beloved mother, grandmother, friend to many. Waiting with a friend for her daughter's scan results. All the chaotic [...]
Good morning... "Hi Sue," a friend wrote. "I thought you would like to see what some loving friends placed in the Johnson's front yard yesterday. People are adding to it as they feel led to show their love for Kaitlyn and her family, share in their grief and hold on to the hope and promise of the Lord's [...]
Good morning... Many of us were watching Monday Night Football when a 24-year-old player stood up after a tackle then collapsed to the ground. Play was stopped and the game was suspended as Damar Hamlin received CPR on the field before being taken by ambulance to the nearby hospital. Hamlin remains in critical condition. "Pray for this sweet [...]
Good morning... Trash piles high this time of year. Empty boxes. Used wrapping paper. Unneeded extras of all kinds. Into my own mess of excess, Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer shares a short, thought-provoking poem. carrying out the trash this, too, a holy path Small. Simple. Stimulating. My mind plays with ideas sparked. To carry out the trash, one must have [...]
Good morning... As the days shorten and the nights stretch long, we are instinctively drawn into holy hibernation. During these dark winter months, we stay inside more, watching and waiting for the life of Christ to be born in us anew. We are each miraculously made, hardwired to thrive in the silent dark, like babies in the womb, [...]
Good morning... A gorgeous table was set for our fun feast of friendship. As we gathered together our hearts sat in solidarity with one friend who was away visiting with her son and her 37-year-old daughter-in-law, a young couple bravely battling Elizabeth's advanced colon cancer. From our book Simple Faith [...]
Good morning... Our Friday group finished the fall semester last week, yet we have remained connected through a lively email string. Regularly we share words of encouragement as we pray for Elizabeth, the 37-year-old daughter-in-law of our classmate, who began her first round of chemo on Monday for advanced colon cancer. "I want to tell you all how [...]
