Good morning... Eight out of ten times our family worships God at church on Sunday mornings, but today we will savor this Sabbath differently. My husband will worship God this morning at a coffee shop, meeting up with a Lovett School grad who wisely unplugged from college for the weekend to come home to talk vulnerably about the [...]
Good morning... On September 10th at 9:48 am, after reading our post, We Are Learning To Trust, one reader wrote me a touching email. "Last night my family and I moved my husband of 63 years into hospice care. Your writing about trust spoke to me profoundly this morning. My journey these next few weeks or days leaves [...]
Good morning... "We all have something important in common," she said softly, as we neared the end of our first fall gathering of our Sr. Moms Study. "We were all pregnant on September 11th, 2001." "Pregnant or caring for a newborn," I quietly added. Our youngest son was born on June 5th, 2001, so he was three months [...]
Good morning... "May we have faith in the unfolding of our lives," hoped yesterday's paraphrase of Psalm 106, "and radical trust in the universe." What does it mean for us to learn to radically trust the Sustainer of our universe? Researching the meaning of "radical" in its original language, two Latin words pop up. The adjective "radicalis" means "of, [...]
Good morning... I crossed my legs and closed my eyes as she privately read aloud to me an excerpt from Nan Merrill's paraphrase of Psalm 106. ****** May we become bearers of joy, we who are invited to share in the Cosmic Dance! We pray for the gift of wisdom, that the motivations of our heart might be [...]
Good morning... Worshipping at church yesterday, one sentence touched me deeply, reminding me of the challenging week we have collectively experienced. "You're with us in the fire and the flood." I came home and googled the title of the song sharing this most powerful promise. Now it is your turn to be strengthened by the music video God [...]
Good morning... Before sophisticated, arial footage of the utter devastation in The Bahamas, "those victims" would have remained foreign, faceless, far away. What stays out of sight slips from our mind. What our eyes see our minds retain. What saturates our mind, our heart feels. What our heart feels moves our lips, our feet, our hands. I am [...]
Good morning... As God's higher ways take hold of our lives, we labor less as God lavishly loves. Savoring this Sabbath, allow the Spirit of our living LORD to draw you back to the deep wisdom bonding us this week. Touch the button below to review our past posts. One hand full of rest and patience is better [...]
Good morning... When tragedy steals life, I feel drawn to lean in, to reach out, to lift prayers, so I emailed an old friend whose son goes to The University of South Carolina. Over our string of emails, these phrases stood out. She wrote, "Sadly it’s true." "It’s been a difficult and devastating week for the boys...a lot [...]
Good morning... After the second week of our Enneagram class, I got an email from a very good friend. "Sue, I thought you might want to read where the Enneagram originated. Also google Sufi. I just wasn’t sure if you knew this. Pray and see if this is something the Lord wants you to be involved with. Love you [...]
