The weather over the last few weeks has allowed me the opportunity to enjoy the back yard, the birds, reading, writing, and the local choir. https://www.instagram.com/p/BkQyVJ1DkMr/?taken-by=terilucas This has added to, completed, the sense of peace, renewal. (With a minor rather overwhelming detour into the land of unworthiness and insecurity.) These are moments bending low in … Continue reading Forty Days of Prayer for Quilters – Day 9
Month: June 2018
Of Hairy Toes and Letting it Go
O Lord, God of Creation, Thank you so much for filling up the well of joy this morning. "Let it Go" is so perfect as a song of faith, I can't even! This sense of joy O Lord Creator God who gave us hair toes. You are the best. With the book covering my face, … Continue reading Of Hairy Toes and Letting it Go
Write
Just before Mass began I grabbed my phone to look up the patron saint of writers. Just made it. Phone back in pocket, write a note to myself, then get on with the business of being present at Mass. Today was the day to be distracted by every random thought. I'd start "writing" then come … Continue reading Write
Lord, You are Funny and I love you for it
or How I started writing the thing I need to write Staring at the computer screen waiting for the words to flow from the space between the ears, glasses on, glasses off, scratch head. Wonder. Self-doubt fills the air, the space in my heart, the space in my head. Typing starts. Backspacing to erase said … Continue reading Lord, You are Funny and I love you for it
Help Wanted!
Posted with permission: Sometime around the beginning of the year, as the great spiritual funk of 2018 settled in, I learned about Leticia Ochoa Adams, introducing you all to her here. You can get to know her more on facebook, her website, and on Through Broken Roses on Patheos. In March of 2017 Leticia lost … Continue reading Help Wanted!
Forty Days of Prayer for Quilters – Day 8
Breathing. Inhaling. Exhaling. Seeking. Finding. Drinking. Refreshing. Thinking. Wondering. Seeking. Listening. Hearing. Wandering. Reminder. Calling. Knowing. Feeling. Wondering. Pondering. Praying. Seeking. Asking. Wanting. Needing. Thanking. Thanking. Thanking. Over the last week or so while praying I hear the word "write", having no clear direction for where to go, what to write. This morning pen in … Continue reading Forty Days of Prayer for Quilters – Day 8
Like Many Quilters
<a href="https://www.bloglovin.com/blog/16135519/?claim=y97fa4yr5w3">Follow my blog with Bloglovin</a> I'm a bit sensitive. I don't want to be, it's how I'm made. I long to embrace this sensitivity for the gift that it is. It's changed, grown, matured? over time. Still causing trouble when my face decides to show things swirling below. I'm also candid which is oh … Continue reading Like Many Quilters
Links and a Review
Elizabeth Scalia shared an image of the Sacred Heart at Word on Fire that spoke to my heart. You can see the full image here. Today is the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus it is a moment to focus on the all-consuming, passionate, compassionate, sweet, refreshing love of Jesus for us. I was … Continue reading Links and a Review
Forty Days of Prayer for Quilters – Day 7
Maybe You're Thirsty - Revisited This phrase comes to mind now and again, often when the moments of life are pointing every which way. Drinking when thirsty quenches and nourishes our bodies. We need water to live, for our bodies to function, to process food, to eliminate waste, to cry tears of joy, grief, relief, … Continue reading Forty Days of Prayer for Quilters – Day 7
A Quilter's Heart 