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The Joy of Beauty

Posted on May 28, 2022 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Good Day, God At first I was going to describe this as a night blooming cereus bloom. But, then the friend who took the photo called us and I asked her if that is what it was. She told me…

Posted in Abundant Life, an invitation to abundant life, appreciation, beauty, connecting, Enjoyment, JOY, mindfulness, Needed Repair Time, recovery time, setting my life in context, simple joys of daily life, taking time to focus, the joy of sharing, time, Wanting a protected time

Considering Various Types of Rest

Posted on May 4, 2022 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Good Evening, God It never occurred to me that there “kinds” of rest. But then I listened to Kendra Adachi’s Lazy Genius Podcast #258 and she talked about SEVEN kinds of rest. As she said — she just made this…

Tagged with: Kendra Adachi, Lazy Genius Way
Posted in A weekly day of rest, days of rest as conservation days?, Needed Repair Time, recharging my battery, recovery time, relaxation, renewing, rest, sabbath rest, taking time to focus, time, Wanting a protected time

Exercising Lovingkindness

Posted on January 15, 2021 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Good Morning, God Yes, I’m up early. The Worries of the World had me in a funk. So, I got up and did my first Centering Prayer. After that I read a page from my hardcopy book by Caroline Myss,…

Tagged with: purposefully exercising lovingkindness
Posted in connecting, creativity in loving service, developing helpful definitions of love, LOVE, Lovingkindness, personal responsibility, Personal Responsibilty, taking time to focus, The daily details of love, the gift of persistent love

pausing to pray

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

Good Day, God! This morning I read — from a handout our pastor gave us — this poem by Mary Oliver. It makes PRAYER so simple. And I feel that is exactly how You want it to be. SIMPLE! So…

Tagged with: Mary Oliver, ordinary, pausing, simple
Posted in Awe, connecting, gratitude, Prayer, praying, taking time to focus

Stuck in What We Know

Posted on January 31, 2018 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Good Evening, God! It was LOVE/LUST at first sight with the iPhone. I wanted it. In fact, I wanted my Life to be just like the face of the iPhone — full of things clearly named and easily accessible. At…

Tagged with: Desire, iPhones
Posted in connecting, Energy, gratitude, growing toward up, learning, taking time to focus

Thanksgiving and Its Other Half

Posted on November 22, 2012 by a moment with god — 1 Comment

Such a small thing to be thankful for, God. But, then perhaps Life is a Mosaic of Small Things?

Tagged with: And into His Courts with Praise, Enter His Gates with Thanksgiving, Praise the other half of Thanksgiving, Psalm 100
Posted in Praise, taking time to focus, thankfulness, Thanksgiving!, the joy of sharing, Uncategorized

Soap bubbles, tulips and facing forward

Posted on May 3, 2010 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Thank You, God, for a Glorious Day! Really, a perfect day! The first half spent in bed — doing nothing much — a half day OFF! Then, when Kit came back from the group walking tour, I bestirred myself and…

Posted in appreciation, beauty, clapping our hands in joy, Expand my Heart, God's gifts, JOY, simple joys of daily life, stopping to see, taking time to focus, thankfulness, the gift of nothing to do

Seeing, Speaking and the “Stories” we live in

Posted on April 16, 2010 by a moment with god — 1 Comment

Good Morning God! Here we are in Ohare — normally I wouldn’t have paid to connect but our plane arrived over an hour early so the cost per hour isn’t too bad! On the walk to our terminal Kit put…

Posted in Expand my Heart, Haves and Have Nots, Help me to see, stopping to see, taking time to focus, The difficulty of changing, Uncategorized

Busy — a Christian sin?

Posted on December 6, 2009 by a moment with god — Leave a comment

Thank You, God, for TREES! This is the one next to Atherton Chapel — only this time I took it with a camera, instead of my cell phone. It is in better focus. You know, God, there are a lot…

Tagged with: being planted, listening, taking the time to focus, walking and chatting
Posted in being planted, busy, taking time to focus, walking not running