Sometimes we experience a terrible dryness in our spiritual life. We feel no desire to pray, don't experience God's presence, get bored with worship services, and even think that everything we ever believed about God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit is little more than a childhood fairy tale. Then it is important to realise that … Continue reading Intimacy
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Pearls
Matthew 13: 44 - 46 Jesus said to his disciples: “The Kingdom of heaven is like a treasure buried in a field, which a person finds and hides again, and out of joy goes and sells all that he has and buys that field. Again, the Kingdom of heaven is like a merchant searching for … Continue reading Pearls
Love is…
I've mentioned before that one of my favorite things is leaving work on Thursday nights, it's Faith in Culture night on the Busted Halo Show. I really enjoy listening to Fr. Dave & crew chat with listeners about where they see and experience faith in everyday culture: music, movies, television shows etc. The conversations are … Continue reading Love is…
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
On the surface
The song below is sung in a way that expresses a longing of heart, a yearning of spirit that captured my heart through this day. All through the day the song returns reminding me of the beautiful things God makes from things that seem to not make so much sense, are challenging or are downright … Continue reading On the surface
Ya take the good, ya take the bad
You You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have The Facts of Life, the Facts of Life. There's a time you got to go and show You're growin' now you know about The Facts of Life, the Facts of Life. When the world never seems to be livin … Continue reading Ya take the good, ya take the bad
wherein failure is holy
when I log onto the WordPress dashboard to write, check comments or upload photos for an upcoming blog I see the most recent comments. Robyn's most recent comment is right there along with a photo of her face, a kindly face indeed. Robyn mentions that she's reminded of something Brennan Manning said, going onto share … Continue reading wherein failure is holy
Talent
"Talent is not Enough" is the line I saw on a t-shirt at the Minneapolis Airport whilst desperately trying to charge my phone quickly and wait for my ride to the hotel. Matthew 25:14 to 30 “It will be as when a man who was going on a journeycalled in his servants and entrusted his … Continue reading Talent
Pentecost
Let The Fire Fall (Lyrics) Holy Spirit, (Holy Spirit), come with Your fire, Holy Spirit, (Holy Spirit), come with Your fire, Holy Spirit, come with Your fire, Holy Spirit come with Your fire. Refrain: Come Holy Spirit, let the fire fall, Come Holy Spirit, let the fire fall, Let the fire fall, let the fire … Continue reading Pentecost
your story on my heart
Francesca Battistelli - Write Your Story I'm an empty page I'm an open book Write Your story on my heart Come on and make Your mark Writing is on my heart apparently lately in a way that is making it to my brain. I started journal keeping in 7th grade not knowing that other members … Continue reading your story on my heart
A Quilter's Heart 