My heart is in Texas. I miss my heart, my Sweetie. While we are, at this moment, far apart the consolation of our togetherness in the Sacrament of Matrimony gives me great comfort. While we are apart from one another the longing grows deeper. We pray for one another each day for growth in holiness, … Continue reading True Love
Tag: practicing faith
Lent & Loving Deeply
I'm sipping coffee, listening to music, and thinking. When I returned to the Church twenty-seven years ago the experience was intense. From the moment of knowing Jesus in the Eucharist right through the entire Rite of Christian Initiation. The guy leading RCIA made mention more than once of my own intensity. God's grace, and life … Continue reading Lent & Loving Deeply
Lent
This is my twenty-sixth Lent. Each one, like each year of life, is unique. My Sweetie and I have been reading from Henri Nouwen before dinner, with each reading there is a sip of cool water, or a really good wine. Either way you go. Over the last few weeks the idea of practicing well … Continue reading Lent
Advent, Lent, Rote, and Renewal
Ya know how you do something over, and over, and over again and it becomes rote. Part of who you are, the core of your being. There are many things we do sing, breathe, blink, stretch, contort our faces in ways that show the underlying sentiment, or not. My face has a mind all it's … Continue reading Advent, Lent, Rote, and Renewal
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
A Quilter's Heart 