This mornings serenade from the heavenly places: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iI1OeQfkVyI The first reading from Jeremiah for Sunday July 22 from the USCCB website: Woe to the shepherds who mislead and scatter the flock of my pasture, says the LORD. Therefore, thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, against the shepherds who shepherd my people: You have … Continue reading Leadership Flipped
Offering Mercy & Compassion
I got a yes to a project. Pray with me friends, it's a long term project and one my heart greatly desires to complete. This week, in more than one place, the story of the Samaritan woman at the well came up in all it's glorious beauty. this story, this action of Jesus, speaks to … Continue reading Offering Mercy & Compassion
Forty Days of Prayer for Quilters – Day 11
The Crucifx hanging over the alter captured my attention, keeping it through most of the personal prayer time and part of the Mass. Jesus seems to be standing, legs and arms strong and well defined, he's looking toward heaven, I imagine him saying, "Father forgive them, they know not what they do." The Crucifix often depicts … Continue reading Forty Days of Prayer for Quilters – Day 11
Sunday Thinking
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJIwvMNAAlI The haunting melody of "You were on the Cross" caught my attention while reflecting on my writing being crap. Realizing that doing that thing we, as humans, as quilters, do when we're berating ourselves just one more time I stopped. Tuned into the lyrics, tuned into my love, and gratitude for God. Lyrics: Lost, … Continue reading Sunday Thinking
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
Another Dream
Sometimes Dreaming reminds us of other dreams, imagined long ago, in another place, another time. The place, the space, the thoughts, the potential. The Dream. I can see this, the talks, the chatter, the writing, the stitching, the going out into nature, the looking toward home, the being present, the serving. The dream bubbled up to the … Continue reading Another Dream
Waking up with a Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dZMBrGGmeE There was a time when I woke up to a song every morning, a bit of sweetness beginning the day. During the dry time over the winter it stopped completely, or I couldn't hear it. The songs have been popping up now and again over the last few weeks. This morning the refrain to … Continue reading Waking up with a Song
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Even Jesus' Good Deeds Sometimes it happens when I'm cutting, I get momentarily distracted cutting the wrong size, or veer off from the ruler. It happened just this week causing me to pause, take a deep breath, give myself an "oh well this happens" and move on. Yes it's irritating, yes I'd prefer not to … Continue reading No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Forty Days of Prayer for Quilters – Day 10
In our Body Quilting is, by it's nature, from beginning to end a tactile and visual experience. We experience every step of quilting through the senses of touch, and sight. If you're a hand quilter think about the motion of rocking the needle through the hooped up layers, loading the needle with consistent stitches, pulling … Continue reading Forty Days of Prayer for Quilters – Day 10
A Quilt in a Week
We make quilts at different times, for different reasons. Sometimes quilts are started and abandoned for reasons that are clear. Or not. Sometimes we know who our quilts are for - family members, friends, people suffering in some deep and profound way. Our skill set grows, we try new to us techniques, different colors. Subtly, … Continue reading A Quilt in a Week
A Quilter's Heart 