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Adjusting …and readjusting

Posted on October 4, 2024 by a moment with god — 2 Comments

Good Morning, God This is a photo of me . . . sitting on our front patio . . . enjoying the reflections of both our back patio and the Santa Catalina mountains. It comes close to capturing the multiple…

Posted in adjusting, awareness, Balancing and adjustments, Choosing to respond, connecting, Grief, LOVE, personal responsibility, Responding, responding to "nudges", responding to God's Spirit, The daily details of love, The Endless Flow of God's Love, Unnoticed Changes

I Have A Dream — and Mahalia Jackson

Posted on January 16, 2023 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Good Evening, God I just wanted to share a bit of back story about Martin Luther King Jr. and his I HAVE A DREAM speech. Apparently, King had decided to downplay his identity as a preacher and try to get across some…

Tagged with: The woman behind MLK's Dream speech
Posted in connecting, letting the Holy Spirit flow through us, responding to God's Spirit

God’s Treasures

Posted on November 11, 2018 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Good Evening, God! I went to a marvelous workshop this weekend. It was on Prophecy. . . on hearing You — believing that You are still speaking. And our presenter, Wayne Drain, actually had us “pray and listen” and then…

Tagged with: First Presbyterian Church at Koolau, Life in the Spirit, our fellow humans as beloved treasures, Pastor Wayne Drain
Posted in encourage and comfort, Expand my Heart, experimentation, Faith, Hearing, Prophecy: a Supernatural Gift of Encouragement, Prophetic Voices, responding to "nudges", responding to God's Spirit

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…

Tagged with: accepting freedom through repentance, purposes of regret
Posted in a hand up, a prayer for healing, being a Slow Learner, Centering Prayer, Changing, Choosing Meaning, Choosing to respond, connecting, Possibilities, Regret -- acknowledging and releasing it, Repentance, responding to "nudges", responding to God's Spirit, Rethinking

A Dove in a Time of Turbulence

Posted on March 12, 2014 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

I did. And I am convicted of my need to pray daily for those in authority — over us, and over others. Fruitful Prayer is not always Easy Prayer. It takes faith. And to pray for peace? That takes a lot of faith. Please help us!

Tagged with: disrespect, Faith, peace, Prayer, Praying for those in authority, projecting, turbulence
Posted in Faith, Peace, Prayer, respect, responding to God's Spirit, responsibility

In God’s Hands

Posted on January 31, 2014 by a moment with god — 3 Comments

I’m choosing to view those Rings of Color as Your Spirit, God. I love picturing Your Spirit right there with me — Patiently Hovering.

Tagged with: Differentiation, growing toward up, Integration, responsibilities
Posted in accepting my need for help, asking for help for myself, authority over my life, Balancing and adjustments, connecting, growing toward up, responding to God's Spirit, responsibility

A Two-Meal-Fast and Inner Processing

Posted on January 29, 2013 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Give sorrow words. The grief that does not speak Whispers the o’erfraught heart and bids it break.

Tagged with: Finding the Words, grief, Prayer and Fasting, processing, Sorrows
Posted in fasting FOR someone, Prayer, responding to God's Spirit, speaking

99 year-old Bea Burglund faces eviction

Posted on January 24, 2013 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Anyway, I am sending this blog off to a B of A lawyer — in hope that maybe there is still Time and Will and Heart to let Bea live out her life undisturbed!

Tagged with: a 99 year old woman faces eviction, bank eviction, Capitalism and Christianity
Posted in connections, Guardians and Protectors, responding to God's Spirit, responsibility

Running a good race — running for respect

Posted on January 7, 2013 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Society could do with a lot more female outrage, God.

Tagged with: Boston Marathon 1967, outrage, sexism, speaking up
Posted in a prayer for healing, acknowledging another's existence, Progress and our Change in Focus, respect, responding to God's Spirit, role models

Christmas — Love Reaching Out

Posted on December 2, 2012 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

But, LOVE is to be SHARED. Love delights in extending itself for others. Others around the World . . . and at Home . . . with Your Help, God . . . with Your Help.

Tagged with: Advent Season, Christ, Love, New Year
Posted in JOY, LOVE, responding to God's Spirit