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A Retreat on Centering Prayer

Posted on November 13, 2018 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Good Evening, God! This week I am blessed to be going to a Centering Prayer Retreat at Saint Anthony’s Retreat House in the Kalihi Valley. I’m being trained to be a presenter. But, as they say: To teach is to…

Tagged with: Balance, Innermost being, respect, unconscious, Wisdom of the Body
Posted in being a Slow Learner, being together in a compassionate presence, breathing in Your Spirit, Centering Prayer, Cherishing our Bodies, respect, setting my life in context, Silence, Stillness

FULL of Feelings

Posted on March 12, 2015 by a moment with god — 1 Comment

I’m sure glad YOU are in charge . . . except You are delegating to each one of us, aren’t You.

Tagged with: Attention, Caring, Giving, hope, kindness, Love, praying
Posted in both / and, breathing in Your Spirit, Caring, Compassion, connecting, gratitude, Grief, hope, Prayer

Save the DATE! March 7-9, 2013

Posted on January 19, 2013 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Please, God, I want a lot of folks to receive what Honolulu ’13 Conference has to offer. And I would REALLY LOVE it to have folks come from all over the world. They could come early to relax and then stay a few days after the three-day conference to let it all soak in — while they soak in the sun.

Tagged with: Christian Conference, Hawaiian Islands Ministries, inspirational speakers, The Word: Honolulu '13
Posted in breathing in Your Spirit, Celebrations, Faith, God wants to nourishes us, learning

A Deliciously Drifting Sort of Day

Posted on January 19, 2011 by a moment with god — 1 Comment

Good Morning, God! It was a lovely day yesterday, God, with just the quickest bit of color in a grey sky as the sun set. It was the night before the Full Moon and I love eating outside at the…

Posted in A Spiritual Spring Cleaning, breathing in Your Spirit, Changing, Ongoing Transformation, Possibilities

Please, Heal us and Help us turn toward YOU

Posted on January 5, 2011 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

We ALL need a Greening of our Hearts and Spirits and our Bodies.

Posted in a prayer for healing, breathing in Your Spirit, healing, hearing myself, rest, Rethinking

A “Perfect” Crescent Moon and A Band Competition

Posted on October 10, 2010 by a moment with god — 1 Comment

Good Morning, God! Sandy arrives HOME this afternoon. Ian called her in Australia — in distress — and Mark called having gotten her email saying their flight left in two hours so they could be called before then. Ian’s distress…

Posted in appreciation, background / foreground questions, breathing in Your Spirit, God wants to nourishes us, Perfect

So Great a Cloud of Witnesses

Posted on September 6, 2010 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

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,…

Tagged with: We ARE surrounded by a Great Cloud of Witnesses
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

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

Posted on August 1, 2010 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

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…

Tagged with: Called to overcome Evil with Good
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

Learning HOW to enjoy a Sabbath Day

Posted on June 29, 2010 by a moment with god — 1 Comment

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…

Tagged with: Accepting Balance, Addicted to USEFUL, Kicking the addition to being productive
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

So Great a Cloud of Witnesses and Mango Days

Posted on June 20, 2010 by a moment with god — 2 Comments

Good Morning God! Yesterday I worked VERY hard getting everything I could think of DONE so I could ENJOY a full Sabbath. This morning, I observed that if I had loaded the tea kettle last night, and put the tea…