Lectio Divina is the practice of divine reading where in we read, meditate, contemplate, and orate. We listen for a word, a phrase to contemplate, to live with. In a small group setting a discussion is part of the experience; alone I journal. After an experience in prayer the other night I started thinking about … Continue reading Forty Days of Prayer for Quilters: Day 15
Category: hope
Superlative, a Faith in Culture Post
The other day as I packed up at the end of a shop appointment I put a couple of file folders with orders in a sample suitcase rather than in one of the two bags that I use as offices, one for each company. When I got home this sent me into a bit of … Continue reading Superlative, a Faith in Culture Post
Of Great Value
Are not two sparrows sold for a small coin? Yet not one of them falls to the ground without your Father’s knowledge. Even all the hairs of your head are counted. So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows. Matthew 10: 29 - 31 Gregory Case Photography, courtesy of Machine Quilting … Continue reading Of Great Value
Pray for us now…
I want to begin this post with, "Thank you" for your prayerful support through this year. I am grateful for each person who has taken a moment to lift both public and private intentions on my behalf to the Lord. You all have helped me through some challenging moments, and allowed me to see and … Continue reading Pray for us now…
Gaudete! Rejoice!
Philippians 4: 4-7Brothers and sisters:Rejoice in the Lord always.I shall say it again: rejoice!Your kindness should be known to all.The Lord is near.Have no anxiety at all, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, make your requests known to God.Then the peace of God that surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds in Christ … Continue reading Gaudete! Rejoice!
There’s an old saying
If you want to make God laugh, tell him your plans. I'm changing this nonsense: if you want to make God laugh, tell him a joke. The other day I read The Face of Change by Caralyn of Beauty Beyond Bones. Caralyn shares: “I’m going to put *this* one all the way in the back. Hide … Continue reading There’s an old saying
Potential
The Rotten Poet's Eldlest Daughter Gives consideration to blog fodder Sometimes thinking of a word or phrase Sends her brain into some deep haze Thought after endless thought Swirls and whirls around competing for attention here and there making my abundant hair shine and sparkle a streak of white/gray that makes me say Hey Look … Continue reading Potential
Patience Worn out
Feast of the Triumph of the Cross With their patience worn out by the journey, the people complained against God and Moses, "Why have you brought us up from Egypt to die in this desert, where there is no food or water? We are disgusted with this wretched food!" In a way I had to … Continue reading Patience Worn out
Living Deeply
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1ntir3qgdY Hosea, in all it's loveliness, came to mind this morning. Long have I waited for your coming home to me and living deeply our new life. The book of Hosea tells of prophet, his marriage to a 'woman of ill repute', a separation, and a return to relationship. This allegorical book aptly, and adequately … Continue reading Living Deeply
Creative Communion
We have to go back to the very beginning, to the Genesis account of Adam and the garden. The ancient rabbinic interpreters appreciated the first human being as the prototypical priest and the Garden of Eden as the primordial temple. In fact, the same Hebrew term is used to designate Adam’s cultivation of the soil … Continue reading Creative Communion
A Quilter's Heart 