Good morning... At Scott's Antique Market, I found this Mother's Day gift for my mom. I sent it with a card for her to hang on a doorknob in their senior living community in Ohio. The cross stitched treasure reminds me of the many handmade creations my mom made as gifts over the years. The words share a [...]
Good morning... Walking beside the muddy banks of the Chattahoochee river, I was reminded of a quote from our final book of the semester, Let Your Life Speak by Parker Palmer. On page 79, Parker writes about the season of spring. "...before spring becomes beautiful, it is plug ugly, nothing but mud and muck. I have walked in [...]
Good morning... "These words from Frederick Buechner captured me this morning…enjoy!" said the text from my friend. ****** Grace AFTER CENTURIES of handling and mishandling, most religious words have become so shopworn nobody's much interested anymore. Not so with grace, for some reason. Mysteriously, even derivatives like gracious and graceful still have some of the bloom left. Grace [...]
Good morning... Feeling anxious about the unknown ahead is a common experience for many of us. In response to this very human vulnerability, a friend sent me the devotional message below. ****** Wherever the Path Leads Your road led through the sea, your pathway through the mighty waters—a pathway no one knew was there! - PSALM 77:19 NLT [...]
Good morning... A quirky comment lingers from a conversation this week. I don't remember where I was, why it was said, or who spoke this odd truth. "You know, the invention of the elevator created the penthouse," she said. "Before then, the top floor was despised because of all the exhausting steps." What meaning does this statement give [...]
Good morning... In our spiritual growth group, she read this request out loud. ****** Circle me O God Keep faith within Keep fear without. Circle me O God Keep hope within Keep despair out. Circle me O God Keep peace within Keep turmoil out. Circle me O God Keep calm within Keep storms without. Circle me O God [...]
Good morning... This weekend's full moon passed quietly. With cloudy skies and thick overgrowth, inside me and around us, the power of God felt muted, present but subdued. This weekend, no one sent me gorgeous, glowing full moon photos, which people so often do. Grieving friends have lost loved [...]
Good morning... On Thursday around noontime, we snapped the final picture of the semester. This week, our classes finished up Parker Palmer's beloved book Let Your Life Speak. Out loud, we read these words from page 76 of the last chapter: "In retrospect, I can see in my own life what I could not see at the time [...]
Good morning... Several of you responded to yesterday's blog post, I Am Feeling Lonely. Here is some of what you said. Beautiful words. Prayers that God will show you His way for you. I can relate to your feelings of loneliness. Morning sweet friend…loved your post this morning and join you in that longing to go deeper in [...]
Good morning... Back to back devotional messages from Henri Nouwen keep me company this week. Both writings come from Nouwen's deeply personal book The Inner Voice of Love: A Journey Through Anguish to Freedom. During my dad's 89th birthday week, it's hard to live far away from my aging parents in Ohio. All of our four grown kids [...]
