Good morning... "God is present with me this day," I read aloud one of my favorite Howard Thurman passages found in Meditations of the Heart. "God is present with me in the midst of my anxieties. . . . Little by little, I am beginning to understand that deliverance from anxiety means a fundamental growth in spiritual character [...]
Good morning... "Unfortunately, this is not true," a loyal subscriber from Canada wrote after the music video I posted yesterday of Ukrainian President Zelenskyy reportedly singing "Endless Love" with his wife in March 2022. Our regular reader sent me a link exposing the truth that the music video was mis-captioned, adding the following facts. "While Zelenskky can’t be [...]
Good morning... I just happened upon a music video expressing the love of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his wife, recorded on March 15th, 2022. It is touching to consider how the endless love of this young couple pours into the lives of so many who are losing their loved ones in this ugly war. Lord, your faithful [...]
Good morning... I wake early in deep prayer for my special friend. Today I support her, as she supports her husband, as he lays his father to final rest. After weeks of facing serious health challenges, her father-in-law went to heaven at age 85. My own dad turns 85 this week, and, as many of you know, my [...]
Good morning... "For the joy set before him, Jesus endured the cross," explains Hebrews 12:2. Part of the joy I believe Jesus envisioned was the fun we had making forty-seven Easter baskets last week for the PAWkids community as well as the joy of the Easter celebration hosted in their new outdoor space. Revisiting the photos now, the [...]
Good morning... "God is protecting you in the midst of his presence," says the tender image above, an image I reworked into yesterday's post. Then I received a text from a friend who is going through a very challenging time. We planned a spontaneous walk and talk to the nearby horse farm, meeting up at the stop sign [...]
Good morning... Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace (Colossians 3:15, NIV). I ponder this Scripture verse at the end of Henri Nouwen's morning message from yesterday. Now I am drawn back to our four word prayer. Here. Now. Accept. Allow. In my mind, "allow" [...]
Good morning... On her way to our spiritual direction session in our basement, she ran into traffic on a drizzly Monday morning. "I had to calm down my racing mind," she said. "Sue will not care if I arrive a bit late. I needed to breathe myself down from my head to my heart." A red light happened [...]
Good morning... On different devices, our immediate family Zoomed with my mom and dad in Ohio as part of our Easter celebration. We had a real scare with my 83-year-old mother's health this past month - a broken femur following a fall, a small stroke, a life-threatening infection, organs shutting down, on a ventilator in the ICU. Yet [...]
Happy Easter! One of the most impactful part of our trip to the Holy Land of Israel was witnessing on our final day the power of an empty tomb. With Jesus rising to sit on the right hand of God, our Father, the love of the living Christ now rises in us. Jesus said on the final night [...]
