Your One Particular Life

Good morning... Yesterday, I received this precious birthday card from my parents in Ohio. It blended beautifully with the touching poem I received at 7:30 am. "Birth-day" by Lucille Clifton blessed my inbox. The poem's first words and final words sum up our life at every age. today we are possible. what we will become waits in us [...]

By |2025-03-25T08:48:06-04:00March 25th, 2025|Aging, Authenticity, Everyday life, God's Plan, Trust God|

The Art Of Aging

Good morning... A handful of people disagreed with a quote I shared in our last post, a quote from John Mark Comer's book Practicing the Way. On page 74, Comer writes: “The spiritual teacher Pete Scazzero once told me a maxim that was passed on to him by an older, wiser mentor: ‘The best decade of your life [...]

By |2025-03-24T09:15:33-04:00March 24th, 2025|Aging, Everyday life, God's Plan, Joy, Spiritual Growth|

As I Turn 62

Good morning... As I turn 62 on Sunday, March 23rd, I am learning so many marvelous, new things. The best birthday cake is shared. A friend in our therapeutic community group shared with us a homemade pound cake. My piece to eat and my piece to take home were instead sliced and shared with about eight young adult [...]

By |2025-03-21T08:13:03-04:00March 22nd, 2025|Aging, Spiritual Growth, True Self, Trust God, Unity|

Feel Joy Expand

Good morning... The cards I chose in our art activity this week highlighted the wisdom of Victor Frankel, laid out in Man's Search for Meaning. "Will I choose to behave like a swine (greedy, selfish, overindulgent) or will I choose to behave like a saint (peaceful, prayerful, at home in God's light)?" Through his experience in the concentration [...]

By |2025-03-21T03:02:27-04:00March 21st, 2025|God's Love, Human Nature, Joy, Organic Growth|

One Barefoot Artist

Good morning... In the morning, I watched the trailer below, a trailer for The Barefoot Artist, an inspirational documentary about Lily Yeh. "Our world is full of darkness. What can an artist do?" asks Yeh. At 84 years old, Lily is fueled by the profound belief that people can instill social change by creating art projects in some [...]

By |2025-03-20T02:18:47-04:00March 20th, 2025|Everyday life, God's Love, Healing, Pain|

Coping In Our World

Good morning... After our life-giving discussion, she sent us all a text: "I just read this poem and it makes me think of our book and the special bond within this group, as we each remind each other that the sun does indeed shine." ****** "Coping" by Audre Lorde It has rained for five days running the world [...]

By |2025-03-19T02:03:51-04:00March 19th, 2025|Community, Everyday life, Faith, Light In Darkness, Trust God|

We Decide Who We Are

Good morning... On my own, I did not understand the material assigned for Sunday's discussion of Man's Search for Meaning by Victor Frankel. I needed our small group to help spark wise thoughts, make real connections, and weave random words into a warm cloak of wisdom. About ten or twelve of us talked through the chapter, finding our [...]

By |2025-03-19T01:07:44-04:00March 18th, 2025|Human Nature, Prayer, Tragedy, True Self, Trust God|

Love Is An Airplane

Happy St. Patrick's Day... Did you know what the three leaves of the shamrock symbolize? Faith. Hope. Love. I learned this truth at PAWkids during our art project last Monday. Using a large array of art supplies, I saw these three God-given qualities come to life. Art stirs up [...]

By |2025-03-17T09:13:19-04:00March 17th, 2025|Abundance, Community, God's Love, Letting Go, Spiritual Gifts|

There Must Be More

Good morning... There’s more to come: We continue to shout our praise even when we’re hemmed in with troubles, because we know how troubles can develop passionate patience in us, and how that patience in turn forges the tempered steel of virtue, keeping us alert for whatever God will do next. In alert expectancy such as this, we’re [...]

By |2025-03-15T11:28:24-04:00March 15th, 2025|Abundance, Anxiety, Everyday life, Trust God|

I Expected More

Good morning... As I walked our dogs before bedtime last night, I marveled at the full moon. Then I went to sleep and I woke again, stepping outside at 12:55 am, expecting to see the highly touted "blood moon." Instead of the gorgeous reddish hue predicted, as the Earth eclipsed the moon, my [...]

By |2025-03-14T10:37:08-04:00March 14th, 2025|Human Nature, Imperfection, Mystery, Trust God|
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