Good morning... 'Artist'. Sitting at a red light, I read 'Artist' on the the license plate in front of me. First, I admire this person's ability to own his or her creative identity so concisely, so boldly, so publicly. Second, I think, "If I had one word to put on my own license plate, what might it be?" I [...]
Good morning... Last week at our final Monthly Listening Group of the semester, we read aloud the Martha and Mary story (Luke 10:38-42). Since Wednesday morning, the story has continued to percolate in me. The first time through the sacred reading, we looked at the story through the eyes of Martha. As I continue to personalize her experience, I [...]
Good morning... Pondering yesterday's post it dawns on me: "I not only enjoy my back door people, I simply adore my comfort clothes." Long kept clothes feel like favorite friends, soft and cozy, well-worn, trusted. A beloved cubby in my closet hosts a stash of baggy pants, outdated sweaters, and anything velour. Do you have a similar stash? We [...]
Good morning... "You are definitely a back door person," he said as I left the party last night. "Most everyone else came through the front door, but not you, you are a back door person. You should write a blog about that." I went out the door and down the back stairs, jumped in my car and drove straight [...]
Good morning... I wake with a weird sentence saturating my brain. "Our tub is the epicenter of our healing." I told you. Weird. I am compelled to follow this 'epicenter' inkling. I discover, in greek, the root word means 'on the center.' The true center of movement, from which shock waves radiate. The command post or control center. The [...]
Good morning... I wake today feeling discombobulated. I slept until nearly 6:00 am so this post may not make our shared-coffee ritual. I just woke from a dream I wish I could unpack immediately. Rain again means dog paws have left dirty patterns on our wood floor, ugh. I must tidy up before the cleaners arrive. I fear yesterday's [...]
Good morning... A friend shared with me Richard Rohr's daily devotional from 12.1.16. How beautifully these threads of wisdom weave into God's tapestry blanketing us. Rohr writes: "At the more mature stages of life...the painful and the formerly excluded parts gradually belong to a slowly growing and unified field. This shows itself as a foundational compassion, especially toward all [...]
Good morning... Okay. So God did it again. Surround-sound is the Spirit's specialty. At 2:59 am, I posted yesterday's message highlighting the various seasons of life found in Ecclesiastes 3:1-8. Then at 5:04 am, Henri Nouwen's 12.3.16 meditation arrived in my computer's inbox. Nouwen's words continue the Spirit's revelation: "There comes a time in all our lives when we [...]
Good morning... After a meaningful walk-and-talk with a longtime friend, God's truth became clear. I need to say "no" to an awesome opportunity, an opportunity to which I would love to say "yes". With her family just a bit ahead of ours on life's journey, my wise friend simply said, "Remember, you have another season after this one." Pondering [...]
Good morning... The timing was symbolically perfect. Wednesday, November 30th: Eerie skies. Blustery winds. Atlanta's tornado warnings uprooted 'normal'. Thursday, December 1st: As wild weather died down, the Christmas season sped up. Parties and performances. Shopping and shipping. Friends, family, favorite foods. More. More. More. Autumn's 'normal' uprooted. As darkness descended on a crazy day, I drove into the [...]
