Good Morning... “God designed a world where we all live ‘within’ our selves; that is, we inhabit our own souls, and we are responsible for the things that make up ‘us,’” say the authors of our Boundaries book on page 32. “The heart knows its own bitterness and no one shares its joy (Proverbs 14:10). We have to deal [...]
Good morning... I remember our friend Beth Jordan sitting on my living room couch on Cochise Dr., enjoying our Gardenin’ Angels service group in January of 2010. That day, she was frustrated that her bad headache was not responding to Extra Strength Tylenol. A few days later the doctor diagnosed her tumor, and by week’s end she was having [...]
Good morning... "Sue, I had to tell you about the 'God Wink' we had this morning and how God used you to reach out to us through your blog," she emailed me last week. "We were driving up to Highlands, NC this morning with husband's siblings and families. The purpose of our journey was to have a small ceremony to [...]
Good morning... "Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ," encourages Galatians 6:2 (NIV). But three verses later, in verse 5, we are told, "...for each one should carry their own load." Which is it? Are we supposed to carry each other's burdens or are we each supposed to carry our own [...]
Good Morning... As I told you, we were down to our last toilet paper roll, doling it out sparingly to make it to the morning shop. After fighting "back to school" traffic to walk with my friend, I shared my drive to recalculate the toilet paper needed to cover the weekly women's groups starting a new fall semester in [...]
Good Morning... “Sue, thank you for bringing Hospice to the forefront of prayer,” one subscriber wrote. “My dad founded Hospice Atlanta Center and was the first medical director there. For so many, ‘hospice’ has such a negative connotation. Yet, it is a ministry of sorts. My dad used to always call it a way to provide people with their ‘soft [...]
Good Morning... Okay. So I bumped into one weird word again two days in a row. In response to my post "Why Doesn't God Speak Like Siri?" one subscriber wrote: "Mostly I've been hearing my God Garmin say, "Recalculating, recalculating." The next day, after teaching class to moms of high school seniors, one woman stayed back to share a [...]
Good Morning... “The tucking in ceremony was so sad and so special,” my friend told me after a very significant family funeral. “What is a ‘tucking in’ ceremony?” I asked. She described for me her experience. After their loved one was cremated, following the funeral, the family members took turns digging a hole on a holy plot of land and, [...]
Good morning... "A couple of years ago, I was in a small group for a year," one subscriber gave me permission to share her personal story. "At the end of our time, the leader gave everyone a Mason jar filled with business card sized pieces of paper folded in half. On each card was a different Bible verse with [...]
Good morning... Last night we shared cocktails with a changed man. Humbled. Engaging. Down-to-earth. He told one God-story after another, effortlessly, honestly. My favorite story includes a couple conniving Christians and a hand-me-down book in the hands of a stranger, a wife and a husband on a brand new Harley and being at the end of our human rope [...]
