Good morning... "I learned the coolest thing about trees," a friend from afar said over the phone. My ears perked up and my curiosity sparked. So, I got out a pen to amplify her insights, recording her thoughts in my royal blue journal, a journal which just happened to be named "Heart of the Tree Journal." This is roughly what [...]
Good morning... "In the human world, abundance does not happen automatically," writes Parker Palmer on pages 107. "It is created when we have the sense to choose community, to come together to celebrate and share our common store. Whether the scarce resource is money or love or power or words, the true law of life is that we generate [...]
Good morning... After reading yesterday's post, God's G.R.A.C.E. Travels, she sent me a brief, beautiful email: "Sue. You are a creator of community. Thank you for that." Then she forwarded me another devotional message she had received that morning. ***** Reality Is Communion - Richard Rohr, Sunday, May 6, 2018 In the beginning God says, “Let us make humanity in our [...]
Good morning... Just before preparing last night's family dinner, I turned in the manuscript for our 2018 Summertime Devotional. After hours and hours and still more and more hours, the passionate patchwork of our ninety-two favorite blog posts from this school year was sent as a cozy, completed quilt to the Creative Arts Director at Northside Church. She will [...]
Good morning... God inspired words for the pastor's sermon. The wisdom traveled into my friend's ear, through her fingers, onto a notecard that greets her daily on her bathroom mirror. She shared the G.R.A.C.E. acronym at our final Friday gathering, and emailed the Spirit-filled words to our interested group. Then I posted the acronym on our blog, We Grow G.R.A.C.E., [...]
Good morning... My dear friend emailed after yesterday's post, Hearing Me Let Go. "In the spirit of 'letting go,'” she wrote, "I share this precious story that my dad shared with me. He’s nearly 85, and his buddy from when he was a kid sends him all kinds of things that he finds online. Thinking of this story being [...]
Good morning... Hearing wisdom spoken feels different than reading truth with eyes alone. So I was intrigued when a friend told me of our well-loved poem being read aloud in a male's voice, "She Let Go." As I listen to this interestingly matter-of-fact rendition, I sense God seeing my subtle, silent bits of softly letting go. The eyes of [...]
Good morning... "I am so sorry to have missed our final meeting on Monday," she wrote after yesterday's post, Our Seasonal Life. "I have been meaning to email you to thank you for the semester and for the timeliness of the book in my own journey (Parker Palmer's Let Your Life Speak)." "Had I been able to be there [...]
Good morning... On the day she was retiring, our Monday afternoon class gathered for the last time this semester. At age 70, her health issues have made breathing more difficult, nudging her to close the doors to her counseling practice earlier than she had hoped. For years now, I have admired her giving into God's call to return to [...]
Good morning... "Blessings to you for daily messages that are life changing," she wrote after Revisiting Our Favorite Posts. "Sue - I am a creature of habit," a friend emailed. "I read your post every morning and love your daily messages. I have two to suggest to repeat this summer..." "Truly, ALL your messages are my favorites and special gifts [...]
