Good morning... "As of today you are not required to wear a mask," the friendly woman said as she checked me into the two-night retreat entitled "Caring For The Whole Person." How amazing to return to the holy grounds of the Ignatius House Retreat Center for the first time since the worldwide pandemic began. Silent. Yoga. Retreat. What [...]
Good morning... As we enjoyed our current favorite show from the comfort of our bed, one sentence in a commercial caught my attention. I grabbed a pen and a box of Christmas matches still lingering on my dresser, and I jotted down the five words piquing my interest. "Everything is birthed through discomfort." These words are too important [...]
Good morning... My spiritual director opens our phone conversation with a sacred reading each month. Through her surrendered spirit, God channels life-giving words. This month's poem woke up my wonder. ****** TRILLIUMS by Mary Oliver 'Every spring among the ambiguities of childhood the hillsides grew white with the wild trilliums. I believed in the world. Oh, I wanted [...]
Good morning... Day after day, we pour out to God the deepest desires of our heart. In response, I have heard it said, "God answers, 'Yes.' 'No.' or 'Wait.'" I have always thought God gives us a "Yes," and a pathway forward opens effortlessly before us. At other times God gives us a "No," and a door is [...]
Good morning... As we moseyed around the State Botanical Gardens of Georgia last weekend, my friend kept saying, "You should have seen the tulips. The tulips were spectacular this year. You should have seen the tulips." Returning home with a phone full of photos, I crafted our April 19th blog post displaying God's Colorful Design. Almost instantly I [...]
Good morning... "The old song of my spirit has wearied itself out," on the first Monday of this month she read to me over the phone. "It has long ago been learned by heart so that now it repeats itself over and over, bringing no added joy to my days or lift to my spirit. It is a [...]
Good morning... "Amazing post!" she emailed after yesterday's message, With A Heavy And Thankful Heart. "I needed it!" "I’ve been trudging through the valley these past weeks," she admitted. "Dark, sad, powerless. It’s surely part of the awakening process but so not me. I’ve started the spiral of control again in my helpless attempt to save the train [...]
Good morning... "I was lounging on my couch on a beautiful Easter Sunday afternoon with the TV on, when the screen in front of me began to show one of the oldest and most beloved stories of our time," writes my husband Steve in his chaplain's devotional. "It was as much a part of my childhood as anything. [...]
Good morning... Last Monday morning I woke feeling like a "failure." I had facilitated our final Friday morning class and was scheduled to teach our last Zoom class on Monday afternoon. I began the semester writing an interactive, online study with God, but, as we came to the final week, our Waking Up Whole: Mind, Body, and Soul [...]
Good morning... Frustrated by no available parking spot, we sat stuck in a long line of cars trying to escape the crazy Costco crowd. "Look at this," I said to my husband. "Traffic has not been this bad since before the pandemic." With more and more people feeling freed by vaccination, I fear we are driving again toward [...]
