Look At My Parents!

Good morning... Yesterday, I flew to Cleveland, Ohio to watch my parents perform "Guys and Dolls" with sixty friends from their senior living community. The place is abuzz! At ages 85 and 86, they fit right in with the cast and the chorus members who range from age 72 to 96. Having practiced twice a week for months [...]

By |2023-06-05T06:41:22-04:00June 3rd, 2023|Aging, Everyday life, Gratitude|

Our Own Thoughts Interfere

Good morning... In the middle of our ordinary days, the three of us text or email regularly. Two from Atlanta, Georgia; one from Jacksonville, Florida. Yesterday a devotional page was generously shared with important insights. All three of us could totally relate. Too often we let our own thoughts interfere with God's intimate invitation, to listen to the [...]

By |2023-06-02T01:59:48-04:00June 2nd, 2023|Imperfection, Peace, Silence And Solitude|

She Called Me Rude

Good morning... After I asked a clarifying question, she said I was being rude. "Rude" was not my intention, but her strong reaction gave me pause. She felt judged by my inquiry. Thinking about it later, I felt convicted. I had brought up her past mistake and opened an old wound. To her that felt like judgement. I [...]

By |2023-06-03T09:11:35-04:00June 1st, 2023|God's Love, Imperfection, Spiritual Growth|

Living From Now Into Next

Good morning... As the passage of time naturally expands, we end one month before the next begins. Today is May. Tomorrow will be June. Like being caught in the invisible power of gravity, we can't escape the ticking away of time. Spring naturally tips into summer, that's just life's way. We can't go back. We can't stay here. [...]

By |2023-06-03T09:10:13-04:00May 31st, 2023|Community, Everyday life, Gratitude|

Our Summer Zoom Study Is Here

Good morning... When I was growing up, summer was a unique season to savor. Back then, summer always started after Memorial Day weekend, and we didn't returned to school until after Labor Day weekend. School schedules have certainly changed, haven't they? With an early August start for many schools, the months of June and July now condense the [...]

By |2023-05-31T04:31:55-04:00May 30th, 2023|God's Timing, Holy Spirit, Spiritual Growth|

Beautiful Souls Have Passed

Good morning... This Memorial Day weekend, I snapped a luminous photo of the sun setting in the quiet woods. Emanating. Permeating. Radiating free. Today we remember so many beautiful souls who have passed on to forever while protecting our country and the freedoms we hold dear. Mysteriously, generation after generation, their presence with us continues to emanate, permeate, [...]

By |2023-05-31T03:13:28-04:00May 29th, 2023|Community, Death And Resurrection, Light In Darkness|

Reflecting On This School Year

Good morning... As I reflect upon this school year, I am amazed at the growth God has orchestrated at PAWkids in the Grove Park neighborhood of our city. People connected to our Women's Ministry at Northside Church facilitated fun arts and crafts activities in the after school program for two hours every week. Excited kids tapped into their [...]

By |2023-05-27T09:11:54-04:00May 26th, 2023|Community, Friendship, Organic Growth|

We Transform Or Transmit Our Pain

Good morning... Do not allow this world to mold you in its own image. Instead, be transformed from the inside out by renewing your mind (Romans 12:2a, VOICE). As a friend shared with us an intriguing Richard Rohr quote, I separated the sentences into stand alone truths, truths in which we now steep ourselves. "If we do not [...]

By |2023-05-24T02:42:09-04:00May 24th, 2023|God's Timing, Pain, Transformation|

Finding Our Way Forward

Good morning... A few Fridays back, we gathered to mark the end of another magnificent semester of learning with God. Several of us met in person and the rest of us were bonded in Spirit from afar. All of us recognized, "There is so much to celebrate from this spring season together." To that end, we decided to [...]

By |2023-05-23T07:58:21-04:00May 23rd, 2023|Discernment, Everyday life, God's Plan|
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