Good morning... In cleaning our home to welcome our guests later this afternoon, I ran across a book I had totally forgotten about. Underlined. Highlighted. Circled and starred. A few years back I devoured each page during my two year training to become a spiritual director. Guided by the Spirit, I am now drawn to dog-eared page number [...]
Good morning... I just woke from a short, silly dream. In my dream, I was driving a familiar road I travel most days. Slowly, meandering, half alert. Then a policeman pulled up behind me and pressed his siren twice, "beeeeep, beeeeep." I pulled over to the side of the road, interestingly at peace. Rolling down my window, I [...]
Good morning... I nestle into my quiet time spot, a mug of coffee beside me, to unpack my bag from last night's "Day of the Dead" party. Annually, a group of about twenty of us gather on November 1st at a mutual friend's home. In her living room we set up small altars with candles, photos, and symbols [...]
Good morning... "Makes me think of many of our conversations on Friday mornings❤️," she emailed me yesterday. She included the devotional thoughts below, shared this week by Richard Rohr. ****** Friday, October 29, 2021 Week Forty-Three: Original Goodness by Richard Rohr Being “God’s Somebody” Everybody is God’s somebody. —Bishop Michael Curry, Love Is the Way Episcopal Bishop Michael [...]
Good morning... Growing up in a Christian home, he had believed in Jesus all his life. Dutifully he went through the habits of faith. Church. Baptism. Confirmation. Prayer. Bible study. Trying to be good and do good. Yet when God's moment was exactly right, he finally heard the voice of the risen Christ knocking on the door to [...]
Good morning... "Listen! I am standing and knocking at your door. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in and we will eat together," whispers Jesus in Revelation 3:20 (CEV). Listen. Hear. Open. "Come in." We will eat together. "I am reminded me of what The Reverend John Stott had to say about [...]
Good morning... "I loved your post today," she texted right after receiving Our Jumbled Emotions. "How inspirational. I cherish this subscriber's quote: 'Surrender and trust - the scary but better path that leads to life!' That is exactly where I am at! So scary!!" "I listened to an intriguing podcast yesterday," her text continued. "It said that we [...]
Good morning... "Good morning Sue," she wrote me from Florida after yesterday's post I Had No Friends. "Our lives share so many parallels. After a year of unexplained numbness and uncharacteristic listlessness, I reluctantly accepted an invitation to join a Bible study. I think back now and realize that was God taking me by the scruff out of [...]
Good morning... She asked me to write an 800 word article for our November newsletter at Northside Church. She knew the story of how God has organically grown our ministry to women. She shared with me the Scripture verse for the month: Base your happiness on your hope in Christ. When trials come endure them patiently, steadfastly maintain [...]
Good morning... "Hi Sue!" she emailed after yesterday's blog post. "I absolutely love this statue! I wish this were our symbol for Christ! Risen and victorious rather than defeated hanging on the cross. I heard a priest say one time that wearing a cross as a symbol of Jesus is kind of like wearing a symbol of an [...]
