Good morning... A friend who is juggling a ton of extreme stressors called me on her way to work. "People who do not understand keep asking, 'Are you taking care of yourself?'" she explained. "Stopping to take care of myself amid all of this craziness would be like holding up an umbrella in a hurricane. Hard, driving rains [...]
Good morning... For followers of Jesus Christ, Sunday mornings help us to deepen down into our truest desires. This morning as I revisit words from the first chapter of our semester's book, Sacred Rhythms, I come across the crux of our matter. "Your desire for more of God than you have right now, your longing for love, your [...]
Good morning... One of my dearest spiritual friends has a birthday today. After our walk and talk yesterday, I gave her an early birthday gift. This whimsical mug I found at Goodwill is painted with the pattern of her grandmother's pottery, a pattern she has adored since childhood. It makes my heart so happy to know my soul [...]
Good morning... Yesterday I woke in deep prayer for the families and friends of the two young fathers from our community who died in a horrific helicopter crash. As I waited for our microwave to heat up some day-old coffee, words from a hymn repeated often in our childhood church strangely sang up through the sorrow in my [...]
Good morning... As summer slowly turns toward fall this sacred Sabbath morn, please savor with me a 360-degree look at the powerful shades of God. The God of gods, the mighty Lord himself, has spoken! He shouts out over all the people of the earth in every brilliant sunrise and every beautiful sunset, saying, “Listen to me!” (Psalm 50:1, TPT). ...Sue... [...]
Good morning... I wake on the morning of Bill's memorial service, praying over the words gracing his obituary, lifting up into the LORD's healing light his dear wife and their two unique kids, his extended family and his many, many friends. Next Monday Bill would have been sixty-two years old, had his life not ended suddenly on September [...]
Good morning... "This week the shooting that took place at the high school in Winston Salem is literally right behind our home," she texted me. "It was so scary and sad. We had to lock down our neighborhood as the shooter was on the loose. Two boys from down the street were in school and I was so [...]
Good morning... "This popped up again on my Facebook feed to make us smiley today," she texted. "It's my home town, Bham." This energizing music video reminds me of the first verses of Psalm 150, which sound like this in the VOICE translation. Praise the Eternal! Praise the True God inside His temple. Praise Him beneath massive skies, [...]
Good morning... This week I have become increasingly more grateful for two things I often take for granted: A solid roof above my head. A chance to come in out of the rain. Many people in our world do not have these two simple luxuries right now. Physically, emotionally, collectively, [...]
Good morning... Deep prayer is MINE to do, so with God I experienced yesterday's eerie extremes. "I don't watch the news often," I wrote in my 99-cent, black leather journal brought home from Goodwill, "but I feel drawn to do so today, this unique day of death and debris." Enveloped in the eerie silence, I watched the Dignified [...]
