Good Evening, God I was ruminating after my Centering Prayer — pondering Hope. Wondering if Hope was something one could enlarge? My understanding of Hope was meager. Hope was in You and Hope was from You. But that Hope was…
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Ring a Bell for World Peace
Posted in connecting, Expand my Heart, healing, health, hope, Hope as a gift from God, interactions, Optimism
Fat as a Factor
Good Afternoon, God! Fat has been a factor in my family’s life since the late 1990s. Our oldest daughter, Suzanne, was suffering from debilitation PMSD. Every month! So, desperate to help we arranged for her to see the EXPERT on…
Worship ME and . . .
Good Evening, God The second temptation of Christ has been in my heart all day. Then the devil, taking Him up on a high mountain, showed Him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. 6 And the devil…
Cherishing each moment
Good Evening, God I enjoy Beauty. I would say, Who doesn’t? But, I am more and more aware that Goodness is even more to be appreciated. My wonderful husband Kit is good. Good in an un-self-conscious way. Never even thinking…
Historical Perspective on Pandemics
Good Day, God I’ve stumbled upon a fascinating site: The Visual Capitalist. This map of pandemics was eye opening! Let me start with the first one — the Bubonic plagues of 1347 -1351. Two hundred million people died. But, to…
Tagged with: Pandemics in history, past pandemics
Posted in a prayer for healing, complexity, connecting, Expand my Heart, hope, Hope as a gift from God, Perspective, perspectives
Posted in a prayer for healing, complexity, connecting, Expand my Heart, hope, Hope as a gift from God, Perspective, perspectives
Filling our Hearts with Love
Good Evening, God I’ve joked for years about there being Slow Learners and Non Learners. That’s it. No Fast Learners! At least, not for anything truly important. This is a comfort to me as come to a deeper understanding of…
Tagged with: Principalities and Powers
Posted in Centering Prayer, connecting, Expand my Heart, Hearts, LOVE, putting down daily diversions, The daily details of love, web of life
Posted in Centering Prayer, connecting, Expand my Heart, Hearts, LOVE, putting down daily diversions, The daily details of love, web of life
Time in Silence . . .
Good Evening, God! “we simply cannot do without the silence of prolonged prayer, which enables us better to perceive God’s language . . ” Pope Francis. This Saturday (June 20) is our Morning of Prayer — 90 minutes of silence.…
Tagged with: Morning of Prayer
Posted in acknowledging my need for prayer, Centering Prayer, Expand my Heart, imagining, LOVE, Silence
Posted in acknowledging my need for prayer, Centering Prayer, Expand my Heart, imagining, LOVE, Silence
The Need to Win . . .
Good Afternoon, God! I have been reading The Way of Chuang Tzu done by Thomas Merton. By “done” I mean Merton created his own version of earlier translations. It feels like a book of double wisdom. This story caught my…
Small Delights amidst major upheavals
Good Day, God! My mental maps have been buffeted over the last few months and then yesterday we got the video from our senior pastor that he was resigning due to burn out. Sigh. . . But, talking . .…
Posted in adjusting, Art, beauty, connecting, Expand my Heart, Hearing, hearing myself, JOY, listening, simple joys of daily life
So great a Cloud of Witnesses
Good Evening, God! My wonderful husband Kit was driving us home from church this morning when I saw these lovely clouds and snapped a photo. The photo had several lights show up in it. No doubt reflections of some kind.…
Tagged with: more than we can see, So great a cloud of witnesses
Posted in Being With, Blessing, encourage and comfort, Expand my Heart, imagining, Light, Light shining through, Possibilities
Posted in Being With, Blessing, encourage and comfort, Expand my Heart, imagining, Light, Light shining through, Possibilities
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