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This Shadowed Planet

Posted on November 20, 2021 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Good Morning, God, I recall the words of Madeleine L’Engle — referring to us as a Shadowed Planet. I didn’t begin to appreciate the truth of those words until the last year or so. I still do not claim to…

Posted in a prayer for healing, Compassion, connecting, LOVE, Prayer, Praying for our enemies, The Flow of God's Love, the gift of persistent love

A Call to Pray

Posted on February 3, 2021 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Good Evening, God I was stopped by a thought while going upstairs to pray. First, I must send out a CALL TO PRAY! And encourage others to share this CALL TO PRAY. Why my sense of urgency? Perhaps it started…

Posted in Centering Prayer, connecting, Prayer, praying, Praying for our enemies, Praying together extemporaneously, the JOY of praying together

A New Thing

Posted on January 18, 2021 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Good Evening, God Sunrise does seem to lend itself to Newness. And I am in deep need of Newness. The phrase came from our church’s Stewardship campaign. We are using the verse from Isaiah 43:18-19:“Do not remember the former things,Or…

Posted in a prayer for healing, connecting, developing helpful definitions of love, Forgiving, LOVE, opportunities to forgive myself, Prayer, praying, Praying for our enemies, The daily details of love

Judge NOT. . .part one

Posted on January 11, 2021 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Good Morning, God Judge not, that you be not judged. Matthew 7:1 ESV I woke up this morning, with these words in my heart. And I prayed for the courage to share them. Why? Because, just in sharing them I…

Tagged with: "the fires of hell", Judge NOT
Posted in a matter of scale, a prayer for healing, Anger, being together in a compassionate presence, Compassion, complexity, connecting, hate, living by every word that comes from God, Prayer, praying, Praying for our enemies, self care as self compassion and humility

Worship ME and . . .

Posted on December 7, 2020 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

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…

Tagged with: The Kingdoms of Earth
Posted in A Spiritual Spring Cleaning, acknowledging my need for prayer, connecting, Expand my Heart, Having the Heart of a Have Not?, inner paths of the heart, Prayer

Getting Combobulated

Posted on October 2, 2020 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Good Evening, God I was joking with a friend this morning about getting combobulated. I really didn’t think it was a “word” but here is the definition:To put together in a somewhat mysterious manner. To bring something out of a…

Posted in a hand up, being repotted, being together in a compassionate presence, Centering Prayer, connecting, Faith, hope, Hope as a gift from God, LOVE, Prayer, The daily details of love, the essential nature of hope, web of life

A World Wide Invitation to a Morning of Centering Prayer in Honolulu

Posted on August 13, 2020 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Good Evening, God This is what I have been working on . . . creating screens is a joy . . . but not truly challenging. But, now I am trying to condense a beautiful Welcoming Prayer so that it…

Posted in acknowledging my need for prayer, Centering Prayer, connecting, Prayer, praying, the JOY of praying together, the Light of the World, web of life

Miracles of transformation

Posted on August 6, 2020 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

A Passion Flower . . . which with pollination may become a passion fruit Good Evening, God What a delight to find this bright purple blossom hiding in the midst of another species of shrub. I see these unplanned plants…

Posted in a prayer for healing, Blessing, Centering Prayer, connecting, LOVE, Prayer, Praying for our enemies, The Flow of God's Love, the gift of persistent love

Clean Teeth . . . Clean Soul?

Posted on July 29, 2020 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Good Evening, God Yes, the BIG event of the day was that my wonderful husband Kit and I got our teeth cleaned! WOO HOO! We have been getting them cleaned 4 times a year and the last time was back…

Tagged with: Cleaning My Soul
Posted in a hand up, A Spiritual Spring Cleaning, acknowledging my need for prayer, awareness, being heard into speaking, Being With, Belonging to each other, Centering Prayer, confession, connecting, connections, Conversations, courage to see myself, humility, Prayer, Retreats, self care as self compassion and humility

More on Self Care and Balance

Posted on July 26, 2020 by a moment with god — 1 Comment

Good Evening, God This illustration is from the book The Healer Within: Using Traditional Chinese Techniques to Release you Body’s Own Medicine, Movement, Massage, Meditation, Breathing. The Chinese culture is still very strong on this. I remember being out for…

Tagged with: Balance, The Healer Within
Posted in Balance, being repotted, Being With, Centering Prayer, community, connecting, Prayer