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
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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
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
Giving and Receiving
This came up in my newsfeed yesterday on both facebook, and linked in and I had to laugh, and do a bit of math. My Gramma lived to be a bit over 97, and her mom did too, so there's a bit of longevity with the women in our family. This quote about midlife from … Continue reading Giving and Receiving
Faith Lessons from Quilt Market
A couple of years ago I had to give up writing a book. In a line of work where publishing is necessary this was hard. In that moment of life though the letting go was necessary and needed. it will come as no surprise that this "failure" added to the list of "internal accusations" leading … Continue reading Faith Lessons from Quilt Market
40 Days of Prayer for Quilters – Day 5
Not all are called to be artists in the specific sense of the term. Yet, as Genesis has it, all men and women are entrusted with the task of crafting their own life: in a certain sense, they are to make of it a work of art, a masterpiece. It is important to recognize the … Continue reading 40 Days of Prayer for Quilters – Day 5
Book Review: One Beautiful Dream Jennifer Fulwiler
One Beautiful Dream Jennifer Fulwiler Hardcover - $24.99; Kindle - $9.99 240 pages Zondervan Publishing In my early twenties I was a member of a young Mennonite church in a small town in Georgia. I remember thinking that one day I'd like to be a minister. I would dream of preaching, and caring for the needs … Continue reading Book Review: One Beautiful Dream Jennifer Fulwiler
Forty Days of Prayer for Quilters – Day 4
Patterns are good. They provide us with the guidelines for making a good product. About a year or so ago a friend gave me a few of her patterns to try out. They are incredibly well detailed, and instructive patterns. I made one once, and the thing wasn't as tidy as expected. We ended up … Continue reading Forty Days of Prayer for Quilters – Day 4