Often when I write posts they are a result of on-going internal processing and prayer. I wake up hearing a song and the end result is a reflective post on that song. "Oceans" along with Journey (word of the year) being frequent themes for 2015. Both are a recognition of something deeper stirring. I don't … Continue reading Drafts
Tag: faith
beauty
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNGdcq0pAuU The words to Majesty are the earworm of the week. A full week. Autumn gets me thinking about beauty, about life's journey, about this blazing, amazing moment of richness, and depth that happens. About the JOURNEY of it all. How some years seem to fly right by without so much as a "nice to … Continue reading beauty
Why would you?
Two things this morning kept me thinking. Apparently enough to slow me down enough with something that needs to be done by this weekend. I'm not so much having writers block as it is writer's pause. I'm pausing to do something else and think for a bit before proceeding with the writing. My favorite Priest … Continue reading Why would you?
Review
I am living in something of a challenging moment. Challenging moments are part of the Journey, they are moments where slow and steady navigation is required. As I logged on to write this morning a couple of memories cropped up. (And competing ear worms more on that later) Our youth group would take a trip … Continue reading Review
I’m a bad student
Now, some of my dear friends will probably want to whap me upside the head however, I'm going to ask you to hang with me here for a moment. Because I'm not so much a bad student as I've discovered a few things in the last few weeks that have me thinking about how I … Continue reading I’m a bad student
The spirituality of quilt making
This article, Building Spiritual Capital, appeared in the New York Times several weeks ago. At the time I remember reading it, being moved to tears thinking, "Yes!" way to go grandma. Then in true quilterly fashion thinking of the spirituality of quilt making. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8ful0cmPNQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m_sWJQm2fs This morning I heard both of these songs one right … Continue reading The spirituality of quilt making
Weighted Down
This mornings wake up song Third Day's Soul on Fire http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7lv9oMjv_0 God, I'm running for Your heart I'm running for Your heart Till I am a soul on fire Lord, I'm longing for Your ways I'm waiting for the day When I am a soul on fire Till I am a soul on fire[x2] Lord, … Continue reading Weighted Down
Pearls
Okay, these are stones and a shell not pearls. These stones have value to me, much in the same way a pearl would to others. I pick up stones along the way as reminders of a place, a moment, a memory. A couple weeks ago my sweetie and I went to the beach, put our … Continue reading Pearls
Grasping
Philippians 2: 6 - 11 Christ Jesus, though he was in the form of God, did not regard equality with God something to be grasped. Rather, he emptied himself, taking the form of a slave, coming in human likeness; and found human in appearance, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, even … Continue reading Grasping
Christmas Traditions
The other day a friend asked what my sweetie and I are doing for Christmas, what are our traditions, how do we celebrate the birth of our Lord? For the first fifteen years of our marriage we were involved in Church ministry so the people we served were the priority. We spent Christmas Eve (always) and … Continue reading Christmas Traditions
A Quilter's Heart 