Good morning... "Hi Sue," she wrote the day after Betty Skinner died. "Sending you a quick email. I am always amazed how the Upper Room seems to fit those moments in my life . . . connecting to mutterings and thoughts. Please see below. With the passing of Betty . . . and the prayer for spiritual mentors [...]
Good morning... "This reminded me of your post today:)," a friend texted me the image above after yesterday's post Do You Feel It In Your Bones? Falcon. Friendship. Freedom. An earlier writing from Christian mystic Betty Skinner about dying on a rainy day. Looking up Psalm 19:14 beside the caption "Oh Lord, My Rock," I share the heartfelt [...]
Good morning... "Sue, your blog posts have been stunning and deeply meaningful," Cathy Snapp texted Kitty Crenshaw and me yesterday morning. "Thank you, dearest friend, for walking this path together with us. I feel the depth of all our connection with our beloved mystic and saint, Bettina." "Yes, it is stunning, absolutely God. Watching, feeling, experiencing God's Spirit [...]
Good morning... "Our sweet Bettina went home tonite," Kitty Crenshaw texted Cathy Snapp and me at 10:22 pm on August 17th. (These two gifted friends are the co-authors of The Hidden Life Awakened, a holy book chronicling the life of Betty Skinner.) "Betsy asked me to go and anoint her body. It has been such an honor." "It is [...]
Good morning... In unison with me and Betty Skinner's friends and family, so many of you have been lifting loving prayers on her behalf, praying at Betty's request that Jesus come and take her home. Tonight our tender prayers were answered. Now Betty rests at peace with her very best friend Jesus. “Let not your hearts be troubled. [...]
Good morning... "Mom has been down with a virus," said the caringbridge message written by Betty Skinner's daughter, Betsy, on August 11th. "She was not tested for Covid, and has been in isolation for the past several weeks. The health center is again prohibiting visits to rooms, and she wants no porch visits. She says, 'I feel so [...]
Good morning... What a privilege it is to be the Women's Ministry Director at Northside Church here in Atlanta. Since January of 2008, our Program Coordinator and I have been a well-balanced team seeking to connect women in our community to the power of our multi-faceted God. Every August, we announce our new classes for the fall semester. [...]
Good morning... Rescued people are my favorite breed of cat. I really relate with those who have felt lost, lonely, shipwrecked, those who have cried out to God from their innermost being, "Rescue me from the swamp. Don’t let me go under for good. Pull me out of the clutch of the enemy. This whirlpool is sucking me [...]
Good morning... After a morning of yard work, I sat on the couch to relax for a moment. A new-to-me music video reached out from our TV. I had never heard of this music group and had never experienced this inviting song - until this ordinary Saturday afternoon. Brought alive in a gentle embrace, together we are mysteriously [...]
Good morning... "Hey sweet and wise Sue," she wrote. "I’m catching up on my emails from yesterday and ironically saw your post “Surviving the Teen Years”....and it was as if God told you to write that for me!" "I’m in the THICK of it with my oldest daughter," she explained. "My sweet girl has faced so much rejection [...]
