Remember Beth Jordan?

Good morning... When I wrote the word "tandem" in yesterday's post, my thoughts were drawn back to an inspiring talk given by our dear friend, Beth Jordan. Beth went to heaven on October 11, 2017 after living fully with brain cancer through eight courageous years. (You may want to revisit her obituary.) I vividly remember one special evening [...]

By |2024-04-19T07:39:29-04:00April 19th, 2024|Aging, Death And Resurrection, Everyday life, Trust God|

Make One Subtle Shift

Good morning... After melting down, overwhelmed and discouraged, my friend received this encouragement. "In this life, we are all just walking up the mountain and we can sing as we climb or we can complain about our sore feet, whichever we choose we still gotta do the hike," says the instagram post. "I decided a long time ago, [...]

By |2024-04-18T08:17:18-04:00April 18th, 2024|Everyday life, Letting Go, Trust God, Unity|

Elizabeth Is Beaming

Good morning... "There is a God" is the song highlighted in yesterday's post, Light In Our Darkness. Listed are many ways the presence of God is made evident among us. After singing about hugging a 100 year old tree, the thrill of horseback riding, looking down at the world from an airplane, watching a flock of birds take [...]

By |2024-04-17T03:49:32-04:00April 17th, 2024|Abundance, Everyday life, Family and Friends, Trust God|

Why I Like Tax Season

Good morning... April 15th comes every year. An anxious date I used to hate, now I kinda enjoy tax season. In recent years, I have noticed that preparing taxes blends really well with Lent and Easter, winter tipping into spring, and my March 23rd birthday season. Since beginning my own small business as a daily blogger in 2015, [...]

By |2024-04-15T03:58:30-04:00April 15th, 2024|Community, Everyday life, Gratitude, Trust God|

Our Unpleasant Emotions

Good morning... "Our normal response to unpleasant emotions is to do whatever we can to push them out of our awareness," says the David Benner quote we read aloud in class. "Something quite remarkable happens when, instead of following this well-worn path, we welcome them as a guest in the home of our self." Of course, this insight [...]

By |2024-04-13T09:29:54-04:00April 13th, 2024|Anxiety, Depression, Everyday life, Trust God|

Calm In Life’s Chaos

Good morning... "Do you know what you will write about each night when you wake?" she asked. "No, I really don't," I said. "I just trust the Spirit to illuminate something I need to ponder." The winds of inspiration pick up as I take our little dog out to relieve herself. Walking back inside, I see a white [...]

By |2024-04-10T11:17:26-04:00April 10th, 2024|Anxiety, Light In Darkness, Peace, Trust God|

Feel Everything Often

Good morning... Returning to our collective wisdom, I pulled out my page of notes from our therapeutic community group at PAWkids on Tuesday morning. These words strengthened me for unexpectedly hard moments ahead. We can’t selectively feel our emotions. We can’t choose the “good” ones without dealing with the “bad" ones. Our feelings are all intertwined. I don’t [...]

By |2024-04-04T13:06:58-04:00April 4th, 2024|Healing, Imperfection, True Self, Trust God|

My Heart Feels Broken

Good morning... On Monday during the wee hours of the morning, I posted a Scripture referring to "all the broken and dislocated pieces of the universe." Then on Tuesday night when I woke to write, our website was weirdly "broken." Unable to craft a blog message, yesterday our written word community went without. Later in the day, with the [...]

By |2024-04-03T02:09:07-04:00April 3rd, 2024|Community, Death And Resurrection, Everyday life, Trust God|

All Of Our Broken Pieces

Good morning... "Christ Holds It All Together" reads the heading above Colossians 1:15-20 in the Message translation. As we bullet point the wisdom of this lively section of Scripture, we begin to sense why the risen Christ is so essential to our entire existence. We look at this Son and see the God who cannot be seen. We [...]

By |2024-04-01T06:52:14-04:00April 1st, 2024|Imperfection, Pain, Trust God|

People Live With Cancer

Good morning... A friend's comment caused an important shift. "People do not die of cancer," she said. "People live with cancer." I suppose it is the same with Alzheimers, heart disease, and grief. With the moments we are given, might we ask, "God, how might I best live this day?" It was almost time for the Passover Feast. [...]

By |2024-03-28T08:34:36-04:00March 28th, 2024|Discernment, Everyday life, Trust God|
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