Oh this morning the words are hilarious. I desire to pull several things together that seem disparate yet coherent. And I suspect I'll be working backwards this morning. A couple of friends and I use the Marco Polo app to chat with each other. One friend recently went through a major job change and move. … Continue reading On the Eve of Lent
Word Play
When you have a chance listen to Season 14 Episode 1 of the Abiding Together Podcast. This is their Word of the Year episode, it is beautiful. In part because of how Michelle, Heather and Sr Miriam speak of their 2023 word, and how they have lead to their 2024 word. I seriously considered carrying … Continue reading Word Play
Come to the Well
Friends,Way back in the late 1970's I started writing letters with a friend. This was, to me a new experience, and I'm sure my friend was wildly confused by some of my answers. I did think that my friend would remember all the things she wrote and the order in which she wrote them. When … Continue reading Come to the Well
Life’s Short, I had dessert first
when we were moving my Sweetie asked me what I would do for friends. He is astute that one, and after thirty-one plus years of married life, he knows me well. I need people, quilters, people. Our two moves happened when the world shut down, my heart yearning and needing friendship had to wait, and … Continue reading Life’s Short, I had dessert first
Happy New Year 2023: Tenacity & 2024: Play
Happy New Year! It is the first Sunday of Advent and for us as Catholics it is a good time to begin again. There are several times during the calendar year that have a rhythm of beginning again. Since starting an intentional Word of the year it always comes and is revealed at the end … Continue reading Happy New Year 2023: Tenacity & 2024: Play
Laughter
St Kateri Tekakwitha Shrine near OKC OK Have you ever laughed, that full on, joy filled belly laugh while in prayer. I am currently giggling because of where I was when this happened, in the back pew of the Church. For several weeks prior to the first Spiritual Direction formation weekend the words for a … Continue reading Laughter
In Honor of Orange
Years ago Rich Mullins wrote The Color Green. One of the the things I love about marathon quilting is, even though the Lord of the Rings extended dvd's are playing in the background. As I quilt there is sometimes a silence that comes. A place, state of being where the rhythm of quilting and the … Continue reading In Honor of Orange
Over the Weekend
Between now and Saturday morning I need to prepare to share my current prayer practices. The practice of prayer waxes and wanes like the moon, there are times of great joy and beauty quite like a lunar eclipse. And there are times of dryness quite like this last summer here in Texas, it was HOT … Continue reading Over the Weekend
Prayer: Our Deepest Longing Review & More
Getting to the end of a book that I'm enjoying is difficult because in someway there is a sense of a friend moving on to a different place. I realize that I do not know if I am that friend or if the friend is the book. This is, as you can well imagine, a … Continue reading Prayer: Our Deepest Longing Review & More
Have no Anxiety at all
Philippians 4: 6 - 9 Brothers and sisters: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 understandingwill guard your hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. Finally, brothers and sisters,whatever is true, whatever is honorable,whatever is just, whatever is pure,whatever … Continue reading Have no Anxiety at all
A Quilter's Heart 