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Learning from Regret

Posted on January 10, 2018 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

A KEY QUESTION (a meditation after Centering) If I could do it over again . . . What would I do? This question is key to Learning From Regret Was there a point at which I could have Turned? To…

Learning to Sit in God’s Love

Posted on October 5, 2017 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Good Evening, God! My Spiritual Director suggested I sit focusing on Your Love . . . focusing on being surrounded and embraced by Your Love. You would think that would be easy . . . I thought so . .…

Releasing Constrictions

Posted on April 3, 2017 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Good Evening, God Is there anything more constricted than a grieving heart before it breaks open? I have been focused on the term “Constricted” for the last few weeks. It started with an awareness that I didn’t want anything “tight”…

My Dear Old Inner Elephant

Posted on March 18, 2017 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Good Evening, God! After I do my Centering Prayer . . . I do a sort of poem. And I want to share the one I did earlier this week. Why? Maybe because I need to remember to ask my Inner Elephant…

Opening to the filling and emptying of the Holy Spirit

Posted on March 16, 2017 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Good Evening, God! After two years traveling — when the Hawaiian Islands Ministries Conference was on — we are now home — and able to go to it. Not that we were traveling for two years straight! Although it felt…

Trusting and Savoring

Posted on February 24, 2017 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Good Day, God Some days are like rainbows of sharing . . . filled with talking and listening. And like rainbows, a good conversation often seems to be lit by Your Presence. These days I am savoring conversations — with my wonderful…

Tagged with: Hildegard of Bingen, savoring conversations
Posted in Centering Prayer, connecting, Future, God's Time, Greening Spirit, time

The Purpose of Evil

Posted on January 7, 2017 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Good Evening, God! This election has been hard on me — a trauma. I’ve been SO UPSET. But finally I realized the horrible effect my response was having on me. Boy, God, that was an eyeopener! I had become angry (OK, hateful), judgmental, seriously…

Tagged with: Responding to the Election
Posted in Anger, Blessing, Centering Prayer, connecting, Darkness, Evil, hate, Judgmental, Prayer

A Bubble of Blessing

Posted on December 7, 2016 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Good Day, God! I’m finding that Blessing people is becoming easier and easier. Today, while I was blessing a friend I had a fun thought which expanded a bit on the whole idea of Blessing. Into my mind came an image…

Tagged with: a change of venue, Bubble of Blessing, Stone Altars
Posted in Blessing, Centering Prayer, clapping our hands in joy, connecting, Prayer, praying

Small Blessings and the Joy Factor

Posted on December 5, 2016 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Good Day God! I’ve just discovered the JOY of writing with a brush! I’m not doing calligraphy . . . it is just that I am better able to express my feelings with a brush as I journal. And because I’m enjoying…

Tagged with: a dollop of joy, blank verse, marketing with Joy, small steps, writing with a brush
Posted in Blessing, Centering Prayer, connecting, Holy Spirit, JOY, Prayer

Blessing My Body and Our Country

Posted on December 3, 2016 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Good Evening, God! This afternoon, as I was doing my Centering Prayer, I fell into Blessing. I started with You. You are easy. The more I bless You, the more in awe I am of Your Complexity and of the…