Welcome to 2015 my prayer is a deeper sense of God's Mercy and of God's Creative sense. As I read this first sentence I am in awe of how these are the same thing, God is all One and in my humanness I see this as different pieces. For me as a human it is … Continue reading Welcome to 2015 – Journey
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One final 2014 Pondering moment
sometimes I sit in front of this computer and feel something of a fraud yearning to really trust in the grace and mercy of God and sometimes behaving as though I've got my sh*t together in a way that is not the kindest toward others or towards myself. I long to be just that kind … Continue reading One final 2014 Pondering moment
Giving thought to Emotions and Difficult Times
It's Advent. A time of waiting, quietude, expectancy. It's hard to walk quietly through Advent and not anticipate too much what comes next. Christmas is in our faces from late summer/early fall. "Christmas! Christmas! Time is here!" When I wrote Come to the Quiet, about grief it was just a few days shy of the … Continue reading Giving thought to Emotions and Difficult Times
Who Knows?
Gaudete! We all know the story of the Prodigal Son. The younger kid asks for his inheritance in advance. Goes off for however long to live it up, spending his money on all the wine, women & song he can with whatever he has. When it's all gone and his friends have then abandoned him, … Continue reading Who Knows?
2015 Word of the Year
Bilbo sings: The Road goes ever on and on, Down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, And I must follow, if I can, Pursuing it with eager feet, Until it joins some larger way Where many paths and errands meet. And whither then? I cannot say. Here I … Continue reading 2015 Word of the Year
Pondering alert
pondering is a gift this morning. I woke up with a song in my head that belongs in another post entirely. while looking up the song and lyrics I got to wondering about the band and thought, "hey I can look that up!" so I did. The band broke up not because of some kind … Continue reading Pondering alert