Good morning... In the dark of this night, I feel drawn to page 154 in one of my favorite books, When the Heart Waits, by Sue Monk Kidd. I return to the section entitled EASTERING. Midway through the next page I read: "My thoughts about Jesus waiting in the tomb for Easter began to blend with the thoughts [...]
Good morning... As I send the Spirit's stirrings in yesterday's post, Listening To Learn, God's mysterious voice echos back. "In Less Than Fifteen Minutes," is the title of her early morning poem immediately received by my inbox. Much like me, Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer writes in sync with the song of the bird. Where God's divine guidance through me [...]
Good morning... "The essence of Christian spirituality is following Christ on a journey of personal transformation," explains David G. Benner in Sacred Companions: The Gift of Spiritual Friendship & Direction. "The distant land to which we are called . . . is the new creature into which Christ wishes to fashion us - the whole and holy person [...]
Good morning... "Good morning Sue - we are on the same wavelength," she wrote after yesterday's post, Uncertain. Unsettled. Ungrounded. "I read this a few days ago and was reminded of it as I read your reflection - XO." “Are our needs important to God? Yes. But the true purpose of prayer is to commune with the God [...]
Good morning... Ending yesterday's blog post, one sentence from the Scripture verse returns to me during the dark hours of this new night. "Isaiah’s question, 'Is there anyone around who knows God’s Spirit, anyone who knows what he is doing?' has been answered: Christ knows, and we have Christ’s Spirit," says 1 Corinthians 2:16 (ERV). My mind now [...]
Good morning... In a recent blog post, we identified five of our innermost senses, senses which partner with the power of the Holy Spirit at work within us each day. Intuition. Imagination. Perception. Will. Reason. One reader wrote: "The human brain and our DNA as God made it is more powerful than any machine. A machine only knows [...]
Good morning... In response to yesterday's post, Be Filled Up, she simply texted, "I wish I could stay filled up." "New mercies come every morning," I replied. "Fresh installments of the Spirit each day." Within the hour, another friend surprisingly emailed me these words. ****** Excerpt from Let God: Spiritual Conversations with Francois Fénelon by Winn Collier It [...]
Good morning... "When we say to people, 'I will pray for you,' we make a very important commitment," observes Henri Nouwen on page 86 of The Way of the Heart. "The sad thing is that this remark often remains nothing but a well-meant expression of concern. But when we learn to descend with our mind into our heart, [...]
Good morning... "Sunsets give me joy," texted a friend, including the picture above. "I know you enjoy them too." "This photo is fantastic," I replied. "Might I share it on our blog? Remind me again the name of the beach where you are nestled." "Of course you can share the photo," she responded. "Sunsets are God's gifts to [...]
Good morning... Do not allow this world to mold you in its own image. Instead, be transformed from the inside out by renewing your mind (Romans 12:2a, VOICE). As a friend shared with us an intriguing Richard Rohr quote, I separated the sentences into stand alone truths, truths in which we now steep ourselves. "If we do not [...]
