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The Eiffel Tower and Creatures of Certainty (sometimes, that’s me)

Good Morning, God! Yesterday I read that the French evacuated the Eiffel Tower and the area around it due to a bomb threat. Suz thought that the French ban on Islamic girl’s head scarfs might have had something to do

Posted in a prayer for healing, acknowledging another's existence, being together in a compassionate presence, Common Sense, Common sense and reasonableness, Communication

So Great a Cloud of Witnesses

Good Morning God, Today is Labor Day — a day of rest — and yes, I confess I WAS going to drive in and work. How easy it is to get addicted to useful. A friend sent me a prayer,

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Posted in being together in a compassionate presence, breathing in Your Spirit, busy as an attack strategy, compassion to care for myself, confession, courage to see myself

Fluorescent Corals, Cancer, Illness — Markers and Connectors

Good Morning, God! Fluorescent coral! Amazing! Beautiful and it seems useful for cancer research. They will use their cells to attach to cancer cells and then use a fluorescent microscope to observe them. Aah, God. Are we going to find

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Posted in being heard into speaking, being together in a compassionate presence, Grief, healing, Hearing, hearing myself, Roots

A Palm doing its job — Am I doing My Job?

Good Morning, God! Today is a lovely — slow — relaxed Sabbath Day. And I think of what Jesus said about The Sabbath Being a GIFT to Man. It IS! But, alas, God, like many of Your Gifts it goes

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Posted in a matter of scale, being planted, being together in a compassionate presence, breathing in Your Spirit, Choosing to respond, Expand my Heart, God as an Ongoing Gift, images, letting the Holy Spirit flow through us, living by every word that comes from God, water and love

Being Aerated – Regaining Perspective – The By-Products of Prayer

his sort of being together WITH YOU and with one another aerates my soul — brings me closer to You and to Your Perspective.

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Posted in attunement, being together in a compassionate presence, Perspective, Prayer

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

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Posted in A Spiritual Spring Cleaning, A weekly day of rest, Balancing and adjustments, being a Slow Learner, being together in a compassionate presence, breathing in Your Spirit, loving limits

Awesome KING, Compassionate Spirit — Our Hearts Know You!

Good Day, God! Kit is HOME with me — HURRAY — but thank You, too for his good visits with our daughters and grandsons! How precious we are to each other and how easy it is to take that for

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Posted in being together in a compassionate presence, Communion, connections, God as High King, God wants to nourishes us

Prayer, the Work of Believers

Good Morning, God! I’m off to work for the morning at the Library. I love working with the library committee and residents who have become such dear friends. How GOOD it is to work together on meaningful projects. How I

Posted in being heard into speaking, being together in a compassionate presence, meaningful work, Prayer, Praying together extemporaneously

The road less taken — to understanding and peace

Good Morning, God We were in Ireland for almost two weeks and I’m still gathering my impressions and thoughts and trying to sort things out. Right at the moment, God, I’m thinking that there really are always two sides. It

Posted in acknowledging another's existence, being together in a compassionate presence, humility, Peace

Famine Ships and Doing More

Good Gracious, God! How hard it is to “hear” the story of the Irish Famine from a real live human being! We are not designed to do numbers.  One million dead — or was it two million dead — they

Posted in being a Slow Learner, being together in a compassionate presence, connecting, decision making, Haves and Have Nots, Having the Heart of a Have Not?, Heal Us Now

Blogs I Follow
Brené Brown

chatting and sometimes, listening

Rachel Naomi Remen

chatting and sometimes, listening

A Moment with God

chatting and sometimes, listening

Sacred Dance Guild Journal

Since 1958 articles by members & guests offer news about activities, history, Sacred Dance practices, profiles of Sacred Dancers, choreography, images & illustrations.

Victoria Paulsen

How to Step In -- Substitute Teaching

Brené Brown

chatting and sometimes, listening

Rachel Naomi Remen

chatting and sometimes, listening

A Moment with God

chatting and sometimes, listening

Sacred Dance Guild Journal

Since 1958 articles by members & guests offer news about activities, history, Sacred Dance practices, profiles of Sacred Dancers, choreography, images & illustrations.

Victoria Paulsen

How to Step In -- Substitute Teaching