I can’t tell you how much I long for you to enter this wide-open, spacious life.”
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A Walk Around The Honolulu Museum of Art
Tagged with: Adaptability comes with a tendency to drift, Kairos, New Beginnings, Spacious Life, Time-Sickness, Wide-Open
Posted in a prayer for healing, Changing, time, words to strengthen
Posted in a prayer for healing, Changing, time, words to strengthen
Easter and Easter Eggs
But back to the Easter Eggs and Christmas Trees and other Celebratory Things we borrowed from the Old Ones. Such images and icons communicate to us so viscerally, God!
Tagged with: AWE, Borrowing from the Old Ones, Celebratory Things, Easter eggs, Mystery
Posted in Easter, Music, mysteries, rejoicing
Posted in Easter, Music, mysteries, rejoicing
Living in the Light of Easter
Strange, God, how all of a sudden my viewpoint has shifted. Or, since You have been “keeping watch” over me — maybe not strange at all.
Tagged with: Charles Duhigg, exercising and strengthening our willpower, The Power of Habit
Posted in authority over my life, Books, Easter, encourage and comfort, Endurance, hope
Posted in authority over my life, Books, Easter, encourage and comfort, Endurance, hope
The Gentle Rains of Waikiki
if I fail to set my Life inside a meaningful framework, then I am truly vulnerable to transitions and changes.
Tagged with: Change, gentle rains, Kohala Ditch Trail, seeing our life in context, Waikiki
Posted in Inner Journeys, Meaning, Rethinking, seeing
Posted in Inner Journeys, Meaning, Rethinking, seeing
Tornados, Trust and Transitions
It was “unreal” to watch great big truck rigs zoom up over 100 feet into the air — spinning around and then landing hundreds of yards away.
Tagged with: Being an Anhopper, Change, Dallas Tornados, transitions, trust, weather
Posted in adoring Easy, Transitions, Trusting God, Uncategorized
Posted in adoring Easy, Transitions, Trusting God, Uncategorized
A Walk Along the Kaiwi Shoreline
I have always loved the shoreline, God. To me it is the Meeting Place of Earth, Sky and Sea.
Tagged with: Kaiwi Shoreline walk, Makapuu Head, Pele's Chair, Thin Places, walking with friends
Posted in friends, people as gifts, power and peace and gentleness, recovery time, Vantage Points
Posted in friends, people as gifts, power and peace and gentleness, recovery time, Vantage Points
Falling into the “Sometimes Stupid” category
People like me — raised as a good Episcopalian — don’t much care for the word Sin. But, I sure do identify with FALLING SHORT OF THE GLORY OF GOD!
Tagged with: Good Friday, Holy Week, sometimes stupid, Wooden Cross
Posted in Failing, Holy Wednesday, Holy Week, Humility or Needing Help!
Posted in Failing, Holy Wednesday, Holy Week, Humility or Needing Help!
Stopped by Beauty!
Beauty speaks to some inner part of me — reassuring me that both Beauty and Hope exist — and will continue to exist.
Tagged with: beauty, bromeliad, hope, thermography, wild grass
Posted in beauty, hope, Hope as a gift from God, Light
Posted in beauty, hope, Hope as a gift from God, Light
Noticing — And Being Noticed
How many small “ordinary” things there are waiting to be noticed?
Tagged with: being noticed, noticing, Roy Baumeister, Willpower
Posted in Affirmations, Being ENJOYED by God, Books, Perspective, seeing, small meaningful moments
Posted in Affirmations, Being ENJOYED by God, Books, Perspective, seeing, small meaningful moments
A String Bass, Mellow Music and Respect
Ah, yes. There is our “assignment” — to be so full of hope that we are asked about the reason for it.
Tagged with: Hawaiian music, I Peter 3:15, mellow music, Mokulele Trio, Palm Sunday, respect
Posted in hope, Music, respect
Posted in hope, Music, respect
A Moment with God 