Good morning... "Finding peace," she wrote me the day after the election, having just returned home from a trip to Portugal. "It certainly is a practice right now for me of 'breaking up' with the addictive consumption of news. I am also using all of the strategies I learned in Alanon about how to be at peace 'even [...]
Good morning... As I walked our dog yesterday following a drizzly rain, I noticed various leaves suspended in the air. Each leaf was held by an invisible thread. I thought to myself, "These leaves are like us. Each unique being suspended in time and space, held for this moment by [...]
Good morning... "Here is our poem for this morning," I texted her before our monthly spiritual direction phone call. This poem, shared by a friend, has helped me through a tumultuous week. I hoped it might center her too. Now, I pray that these calming words might also envelop you. ****** Find Your Quiet in the Storm by [...]
Good morning... "Remember our definition of joy," Kay Warren writes on page 124 in Choose Joy. "Joy is the settled assurance that God is in control of all the details of my life, the quiet confidence that ultimately everything is going to be all right, and the determined choice to praise God in all things." "Do you see [...]
Good morning... This election day morn, enjoy Tony-winning Alex Newell and inspirational voices from Broadway as they perform Allen René Louis’ powerful new arrangement of “Keep Marching” from the musical "Suffs". The descriptor below the energizing music video explains the uplifting gift. "Joy To The Polls (JTTP) is a nonpartisan voting initiative that uses music and art to [...]
Good morning... As we rest in the sun on this unique day, there are zillions of things going on around and inside us. To experience an intimate and expansive view of God's eternal perspective, enjoy this fascinating video entitled Cosmic Eye. "Cosmic Eye is a short 2012/2018 film and iOS app, developed by astrophysicist Danail Obreschkow," explains Wikipedia. [...]
Good morning... During our therapeutic community group on Tuesday morning, we discussed things that are "out of my control" and things that are "in my control. "Out of my control" are these important facets of life. How healing happens. The scars of my past. What God thinks of me. Other's opinions. Results of my obedience. If others want [...]
Good morning... "Scanning now." Last Wednesday at 9:22 am, our Fab Five friends received this photo and this two-word text from Jennifer, Audrey's mom. (You may remember that Audrey, a beloved Northside Church member, is a freshman at Notre Dame who has been journeying with neuroblastoma since she was five and a half years old.) We all lifted [...]
Good morning... Feeling drawn to expand the words, I reworked the final paragraph of yesterday's blog post. "Enveloped in the symphony of the Spirit – before, during, and after this election – we surrender into the expansive grace of God," I wrote. "As we continue to gaze at him in trust, we become a part of the art [...]
Good morning... On this day when three of our four kids will vote early with my husband and me over lunchtime, I prepare my heart by savoring this powerful music video. With my whole self kneeling before the God of creation, I will cast my personal ballot of votes. Collectively, I trust the God of salvation to guide [...]
