Good morning... As God's higher ways take hold of our lives, we labor less as God lavishly loves. Savoring this Sabbath, allow the Spirit of our living LORD to draw you back to the deep wisdom bonding us this week. Touch the button below to review our past posts. One hand full of rest and patience is better [...]
Good morning... I enjoyed a Friday night movie with a friend, "The Art of Racing in the Rain." A beloved quote came to mind as I watched Enzo, the dog, resting his sweet head and big eyes on the chest of his family members. Often his dad. Lovingly his mom. Playfully his sister. This quote came to mind from page [...]
Good morning... Today is a special day of Sabbath as a good friend lays to rest her beloved mother-in-law at 3:00 pm. Right after last week's post, We Memorize A Mother, she wrote me these God-inspired words. "Hello Sue," she began. "God’s timing in honoring your friend’s Mom surfaced on your blog this morning, greeting us just after [...]
Good morning... Stilling, noticing, taking Sabbath, we look back over our shared steps for this one-of-a-kind week. ****** Monday: After a tragic weekend when more innocent, voiceless people lost their lives to bullying bullets, her blessing came as a breath of fresh hope. "May we raise children who love the unloved things - the dandelion, the worms & [...]
Good morning... "Try to keep a little hermitage in the center of your being," encourages Henri Nouwen, "where you can continue your prayer even during a busy day." This morning I add "continue your prayer even in the aftermath of another mass shooting, even amid polarizing politics, even facing challenges you did not choose." We all need a [...]
Good morning... We are designed to live in oneness with the intimate and immense God of our universe. In our posts this week, we have traveled through everyday choices. If the will of God is the way of life, will we get all wrapped up in it? Monday: One of you shared: “I became convinced years ago that that [...]
Good morning... Our posts from this week start and end with a video of a statue created by God through the young hands of Michaelanglo. The statue is named the Pieta, which is an Italian term for pity (compassion, commiseration, condolence, sorrow, sadness, sympathy). It is a sculpture depicting Mary lamenting over the lifeless body of her son Jesus resting in [...]
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 [...]
Good morning... Yesterday morning, tragedy cut short the life of another young man, a young man for whom I love to serve homemade Stromboli. Now, huddled together, we nestle into the nurturing nest God has built for our online community. How do we respond to this special kind of grief, processing the life-changing loss of family and friends [...]
Good morning... Wow. As on online community, we have experience the deep-wide fullness of real life this week, colorful highs amid painstaking lows. As we savor this Sabbath, revisiting past posts, please don't miss this video likely lost in our shuffle of mixed, meaningful emotions. Snuggle up with God in the sacred space at your center, and enjoy [...]
