Self-rejection is the greatest enemy of the spiritual life because it contradicts the sacred voice that calls us the BELOVED. Henri Nouwen Talked to the Boss He said the storms in our lives are an invitation to trust, to pray & to focus. Fr. Joseph Krupp @joeinblack #talkedtotheboss
Tag: God
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
On Giving up Jealousy – Extended Version
The writing of this piece began before hearing Sunday's (twenty-sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time) readings. I'd love to say I read ahead and reflect on the readings, but alas I don't, but it's all good, it's like a little surprise, just like the homily. While surprised by the readings there's a gratitude for what I'd … Continue reading On Giving up Jealousy – Extended Version
Moments in Prayer
"How may I pray for you?" I asked. I nodded in agreement at the answer, adding the intention to my prayer list. And so I ask you, "How may I pray for you?" Please feel free to comment, and I'll pray for your specific intention. A childhood memory keeps coming forward lately. I was five, … Continue reading Moments in Prayer
Teaching and Speaking
Before sharing more today please allow me to encourage a reading of Elizabeth's Scalia's How to Restore a Church in Scandal? Begin with a Collective Confession at the Word on Fire website. This honest look at our priestly call as laity, how we can help the Church not only heal, but be better. Our Shepherds … Continue reading Teaching and Speaking
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
Forty Days of Prayer for Quilters – Day 6
Come Holy Spirit! From all of our beginnings, we keep reliving the Garden story. Satan, he wanted more. More power, more glory. Ultimately, in his essence, Satan is an ingrate. And he sinks his venom into the heart of Eden. Satan’s sin becomes the first sin of all humanity: the sin of ingratitude. Adam and … Continue reading Forty Days of Prayer for Quilters – Day 6
Repair
You wouldn't ask ________________________ (insert famous artist here) to paint your walls, so don't ask me to hem your pants. It is as though painting the walls is somehow beneath the artist. I started sewing in my late tweens, early teens making, attempting to make garments. I got fairly successful at making skirts. Altering clothes, … Continue reading Repair
Take up
your Cross and follow me. Then he [Jesus] said to all, “If anyone wishes to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily* and follow me. For whoever wishes to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it. What profit is there … Continue reading Take up
I’ve been making a quilt
Over the last few days I've been piecing a quilt top. For a quilter this doesn't seem particularly unusual. I mean, we make quilts right? I'm a quilter, a self-described hard core quilter, allow me to clarify, quilting, for me, is defined as the pretty stitching on the top. It's what I love to do, … Continue reading I’ve been making a quilt
A Quilter's Heart 