Good morning... After yesterday's post, Our Remedy For Fear, one reader wrote: "Man, what a great message! I have shared it around. God ripples. I also read Psalm 31 this morning. The praise and then the vent at verse ten but then back to praise." Instinctively, she chose a single sentence from our blog and jotted it on [...]
Good morning... "Our psalm for the week is 31," she wrote, "and this was in the devotional I received from the church this morning. Thought I’d share." ****** Psalm 31 reminds us that trust isn’t a feeling; it’s a decision made in the middle of fear. It’s the steady rhythm of naming what’s hard and choosing to believe [...]
Good morning... Referring to our new golden retriever puppy, a friend texted this weekend, "I love the thought of Cami being a precious pearl." From Sunday to Sunday, I have spent the first week of her life with us stringing puppy pearls on the single strand of God's loving presence. The pearl necklace being created is too exquisite [...]
Good morning... In yesterday's post, I had shared with you Sue Monk Kidd's words, "Each moment of our day holds the possibility of encountering God's love. I have tried to think of these moments as pearls strung on one holy string of God's presence." All morning long, my mind continued her thinking about stringing daily pearls of God's [...]
Good morning... A friend sent me this colorful image this week, an image that reads, "If you want to believe that the world is terrible, watch the news. If you want to believe that the world is incredible, spend time in nature." It reminds me of a quote we read aloud this week in our study of Sue [...]
Good morning... This week, I have watched footage of the final living Israeli hostages returning to the tearful embrace of their loved ones. On the news, I saw a Palestinian man finally returned to the grounds of his home in Gaza. What was once his special place, a place where he had raised his grown children, was now [...]
Good morning... We each find our way with puppies and with people. Grounding ourselves with God, we each find our own way to feel, to form, to flourish. In yesterday's post, Meet Our New Puppy, I shared about our horrible first night together and how we began to find our own way to a nurturing rhythm with God. [...]
Good morning... On Sunday afternoon, I picked up our new golden retriever puppy, and brought her home to meet our family. My husband Steve is walking the Camino in Spain, (and the Camino was the first trip we shared as a couple as he started his new job leading adult trips), so we have decided to name our [...]
Good morning... I was touched by a reading of this moving poem. ******* THIS BITTER EARTH by Clyde Otis This bitter earth Well, what a fruit it bears What good is love Mmm, that no one shares And if my life is like the dust Ooh, that hides the glow of a rose But what good am I [...]
Good morning... A friend sent me a thought-provoking quote by Albert Camus, and I wondered to myself, "Who is Albert Camus?" I googled my question and learned these facts from Wikipedia. "Albert Camus was a French philosopher, novelist, author, dramatist, journalist, world federalist, and political activist. He was the recipient of the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature at [...]
