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A Nudge from the Spirit — and Mahalia Jackson

Posted on January 15, 2024 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Good Evening, God I just wanted to share a bit of back story about Martin Luther King Jr. and his I HAVE A DREAM speech. Apparently, King had decided to downplay his identity as a preacher and try to get across some…

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A much needed backstory on Thanksgiving

Posted on December 27, 2023 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Good Afternoon, God After reading this article in Atlas Obscura I was so moved that I wanted to share! The information is from Steven Peters who runs Smoke Sygnals, a Mashpee Wampanoag creative agency that has advised on numerous historical…

Tagged with: history, pilgrims, plymouth-colony, Thanksgiving, The Great Dying, The Pilgrims, Tisquantum, Wampanoag
Posted in being FORGIVEN by God, Compassion, connecting, Forgiven!, Forgiving, LOVE, self care as self compassion and humility, self-compassion, The Endless Flow of God's Love, the gift of persistent love

It is never too late . . .

Posted on November 8, 2023 by a moment with god — 1 Comment

Good Evening God, I have felt nudged to write this blog for weeks. Only, I felt inadequate. Sigh, but I doubt I will get MORE adequate anytime soon. So here goes! It is never too late to apologize. We had…

Tagged with: Seeing myself with weeping
Posted in apologizing, Cleansing, connecting, Failure as Teacher, Failures, Forgiving, Mistakes

Movements of the Heart

Posted on October 23, 2023 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

The two of us at the Royal Hawaiian Band concert last Friday at the Iolani Palace grounds. Good Morning, God It all started when a dear friend told me that a minister we know emailed that the millennials see Yoga…

Posted in Beloved Community, connecting, LOVE, Names, opening, The daily details of love, The Endless Flow of God's Love, the gift of persistent love, Welcoming

Steps going up toward the Light

Posted on September 20, 2023 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Good Evening, God I saw this photography in the current issue of the Smithsonian. It is of the basement area (where the workers lived) of the Alhambra. My wonderful husband Kit just said, “That is the gloomiest photo I have…

Tagged with: Gabor Mate
Posted in authenticity, health, Light, power, The power of images, The Power of Naming, The power of Story, Truth, Truth Tellers

Dysfunctional Beliefs

Posted on September 12, 2023 by a moment with god — 2 Comments

Good Day, God This morning, I caught myself in a dysfunctional belief. I had told myself “Just one game of solitaire!” Almost immediately, I found that I was just about to finish a second game! Sigh, in the past I…

Posted in connecting, dysfunctional beliefs, gusts of hopelessness, hope, Hope as a gift from God, It is Never too late, Self Respect, stopping

The Heavens Declare the GLORY of God

Posted on September 10, 2023 by a moment with god — 1 Comment

Good Morning, God Kit and I were out to watch the sun rise this morning at Island Brew. And we saw the brightest rainbow I have seen in a long time. At first it was just a suggestion of a…

Posted in beauty, delight, God's Light, Heavens declare the Glory of God, JOY, Light shining through, simple joys of daily life

Speaking as an Aging Lioness

Posted on September 9, 2023 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

The happy couple, Hubert and Kalisa– both 21 years old and together since 2014 — euthanized in 2020 Good Morning, God I saw this photo and identified! My wonderful husband, Kit, and I have been married for 64 years. And…

Tagged with: euthanizing a lion couple
Posted in authority over my life, connecting, kindness, Life vs Death, LOVE, Lovingkindness, Queen of my Life, simple joys of daily life, The Endless Flow of God's Love, the gift of persistent love, the layers of life, web of life

A Surprising Gift

Posted on September 2, 2023 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Good Evening, God This morning it was my turn to be responsible for our zoom Morning of Prayer. We meet online the first Saturday of the month — 9:00 to 11:30 a.m. HST. I wanted to have the theme —…

Tagged with: Fr. Ed, Jeremiah 29:11-13, Lahaina Maui, unexpected endings
Posted in being FORGIVEN by God, embedded in God's Time, God as an Ongoing Gift, God wants to nourishes us, God's Attention, God's gifts, God's Light, God's Provision, Hearts, inner paths of the heart, The Cloud of Unknowing

Happy to be Home

Posted on July 20, 2023 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Good Morning, God There is nothing like a stay in a hospital to make me appreciate Home! Mind you, it was my wonderful husband Kit who was the patient. Still, I was there every night and most of the day.…