Happy Sabbath Day, God A slow leisurely morning, God, then on into Church, and afterwards we had a nice visit with Fred and a surprisingly enjoyable “picnic” brunch with people we got to know over the food. Then home to…
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The Joy of Flowers – Ah, But the Pain of Tossing
Sigh! I obviously need a better balance between appreciating and evaluating. I feel MUCH BETTER asking for THAT — I don’t really want to be ruthless.
Tagged with: Pairs of Opposable Virtues, The PAIN of discarding
Posted in appreciation, being planted, being repotted, blooming, Flowers, opposable virtues
Posted in appreciation, being planted, being repotted, blooming, Flowers, opposable virtues
White Hibiscus Flowers: Appreciated or Evaluated?
Good Morning, God! Kit has been going on walks with me after dinner – it is a true gift from him – as he has often run in the afternoon. I’m grateful! But, I will admit, God, that I am…
Tagged with: The Gift of Appreciation, walking side by side in separate universes
Posted in appreciation, beauty, gender universes, perspectives
Posted in appreciation, beauty, gender universes, perspectives
The Nile, Temples dug out of the sand, and each of us as God’s Temple
Good Morning, God The most wonderful book came in the mail yesterday. Letters from Egypt by Florence Nightengale — written when she was 29 years old. Imagine that, God! Ah, the wonders of the online used book market. This View…
Hagia Sophia and Sacred Places
t isn’t easy to care for what we CAN SEE. HOW MUCH HARDER it is to care for what we CAN’T SEE! I can’t see my inner Temple. I can’t get a printout on the state of my soul. There are No meter readings to tell me how I’m doing on energy inflow and output.
Tagged with: Borrowing against our Body's Bank, Metering our Energy Outflow
Posted in Centering Prayer, humility, living within limits, recovery time, rest, sacred space
Posted in Centering Prayer, humility, living within limits, recovery time, rest, sacred space
Learning HOW to enjoy a Sabbath Day
Good Day, God! It has come to me that my purpose and meaning have come from WORK for so long that a FULL DAY WITHOUT WORK leaves me feeling rudderless and listless. Yeah, I do sort of realize that is…
Words of Advice – Words of Life
Good Morning, God! So, yesterday, as I was leaving a talk after church a lady stood in front of me — staring at me, but not exactly at me. I asked her, “Am I in your way”? No, she said,…
Tagged with: Letting the Holy Spirit flow OUT, Proclaiming the Kingdom of God
Posted in interactions, power and peace and gentleness, The Holy Spirit
Posted in interactions, power and peace and gentleness, The Holy Spirit
Bioluminescence, Genes, Change, GMOs and FOOD
Good Morning, God! For some odd reason I was thinking about bioluminescence this morning. Why? No idea! But, of course, a google search turned up lots and lots of photos — many of them, like the one here, cautioning us…
Tagged with: Bioluminescence, GMOs, The Waterfalls of Change
Posted in accepting my need for help, Balancing and adjustments, experimentation
Posted in accepting my need for help, Balancing and adjustments, experimentation
Stones – the bones of civilizations – and our Hearts
Good Morning, God! I love stone buildings, OLD stone buildings. There is something about being next to stone blocks that is satisfying. Odd. The photo at the top is from the current issue of Archaeology and is of two temples…
Tagged with: Hearts of Flesh
Posted in asking for help for myself, attitudes, Forgiven!, Forgiving, The power of images
Posted in asking for help for myself, attitudes, Forgiven!, Forgiving, The power of images
A Moment with God 