Good morning... I recently happened upon a story about our family stepping out of our old life before stepping into our new one in autumn of 2003. ****** Conform Or Transform? by Sue Allen, on page 39 in Touching Truth: Grasping The Grace of God As our family moved from a sleepy lifestyle in rural Pennsylvania to the [...]
Good morning... I love the unifying murmuration of Holy Spirit power I feel with Betty Skinner as she nears 93 years old and with Kitty Crenshaw and Dr. Cathy Snapp, the authors of The Hidden Life Awakened, the captivating book chronicling Betty's journey from deep clinical depression to the height of God's healing to wholeness. Together we also [...]
Good morning... I had a message all written and scheduled to arrive in your inbox at 3:00 am today. Then God woke me around 2:20 am with an anxious dream that took hours to develop into this brand new message. Let me tell you about it. I dreamed that I had missed not one but two emails inviting [...]
Good morning... You early risers had to wait for today's message, just like I was forced to wait by the computer glitches I wrote about yesterday (touch "Previous" above to revisit our post). As I waited and waited, the prayer forming in me morphed into more. “God, help me to be patient with Your timing. Please hold me as [...]
Good morning... "I said to my soul, be still, and wait . . . So the darkness shall be the light, and the stillness the dancing." This T.S. Eliot quote begins our new book for the semester, When The Heart Waits by Sue Monk Kidd. "What does this quote mean?" we wondered aloud as a class. Now I [...]
Good morning... "Is the study you are about to begin, When The Heart Waits, available online?" she emailed to inquire. "I would sure like to participate. I have already ordered the book. I live in Winnipeg, Canada. Thanks. Sharing His Love." Lifted by God's Spirit, I responded right away. "So excited to be connected to you. I facilitate face to face, [...]
Good morning... One week from today we will begin a new semester of learning in our living room, exploring the wisdom of When The Heart Waits. I am intrigued by the words of author Sue Monk Kidd. Sue writes: “Is it possible," I asked myself, “that I’m being summoned from some deep and holy place from within? Am I [...]
Good morning... After reading yesterday's post, Be Still And See God, she wrote: "You have highlighted my favorite Bible verse. I love the idea of 'Be still/Let go and know that I am God.'" I agreed right away and shed more light: "Yes. I also love this verse. 'Be still (let go) and know that I am God [...]
Good morning... The day she left a wrapped gift on my doorstep, I could not wait to rush home to feel with my fingers this fresh fractal of God from my friend Lisa West. Lisa had diligently worked for years preparing to self-publish her book Fear Not! The True Story of a Cancer Survivor Who Was Healed and [...]
Good morning... "LORD!" he began our gathering reciting words from Christian mystic Evelyn Underhill. "Give me courage and love to open the door and contain You to enter, whatever the disguise You come in, enter before I fully recognize my guest." "Come in!" he whispered aloud. "Enter my small life." "Lay Your sacred hands on all the common [...]
