Good morning... I prayed in bed for a long, long time before getting up to make coffee. I fell asleep last night to the din of election results, rolling in, rolling in, neck and neck. Strangely, right now I am savoring not knowing who won, sort of like when I was pregnant and did not know the answer, "Boy [...]
Good morning... "What a privilege," I thought to myself as I stood 38th in line, waiting for the polls to open. Calm was the crowd. Spouses chatted quietly. Neighbors caught up. How grateful I am for our peaceful process of electing our next President, our supporting Senators, and our community's Congressmen. No violence. No protests. No taking political matters [...]
Good morning... Driving somewhere in the middle of Alabama, I was singing songs to the company of the Christian radio station. To my amazement, the Scripture verses which had greeted me in the morning came through my car speaker to bookend my night. Before the rising of the sun, God had drawn me to this unfamiliar-to-me passage during my [...]
Good morning... “None can believe how powerful prayer is and what it is able to effect but those who have learned it by experience,” commented Martin Luther. Northside Methodist Church, where I am privileged to be the Women's Ministry Director, is inviting our community to experience prayer's power during a "Prayers for Our Nation" service tonight, November 6th at [...]
Good morning... "Your talent is God’s gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God," observes Leo Buscaglia. I know I have heard those words before, but they took on a deeper meaning as I read aloud the following words to our captivated class. "Let me sum up what I've learned about creativity from [...]
Good morning... Today many of our hearts hurt for an autistic boy who is forced to bury his father after a tragic death. A mother of another autistic child in our community introduced me to a story, a story that teaches us all about loving the unique life sitting upon our lap. "Welcome to Holland" is a thought-provoking, creative [...]
Good morning... Each day I write along the tender tightrope spanning transparency and trust. Developing trust in our living LORD, in God's Holy Spirit power, my vulnerable fingers need to listen well for wisdom. Encouraging transparency in myself and other people, I share the raw-real, expanding edge of my imperfect self. On the cusp between my conscious and unconscious [...]
Good morning... Yesterday I made a devastating technological mistake. In the wee hours of the night, I woke feeling convicted to send a follow-up email to my Monday class, encouraging the small group to keep confidential a story of transition God is orchestrating in my daughter's life. "It's her story to share, not mine, not ours," I reminded myself [...]
Good morning... I had gotten really lax and lazy, neglecting the daily task of transferring my morning posts onto my "sue2you" website. Since I began writing again to you on September 1st, following our "Breathe God Everywhere" Summertime Devotional, I neglected this essential, everyday task, a task which allows subscribers to scroll through old messages collectively, catching up at [...]
Good morning... My husband and I are midwesterners who were both raised in "meat and potatoes" families. Though we have shifted toward fruits and veggies, salads and quinoa, fish and chicken, we still enjoy potatoes at many of our meals. Mashed or diced, sweet or russet, baked or boiled, potatoes appear on our dinner table regularly. As the primary [...]
