Good Night, God! Or maybe I should say Good Heavens! It is 1:05 a.m. and here I am writing a blog. But I woke up with it stuck in my mind. So here goes. We think of the Amazon basin…
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The Lungs of our Earth need help
Tagged with: changing, climate change, compassion, Farmland as Earth's Lungs, forgiving, healiing, healing, hope, humility, microbial life, Soil health and microbes
Posted in a prayer for healing, Forgiving, healing, hope
Posted in a prayer for healing, Forgiving, healing, hope
Let’s Have A Jubilee Year!
Good Day, God! A friend handed me this book and said, “I think you should read this!” She was right. It is written by Dr. Charlotte A. Tomaino, a neuropsychologist. She is also former nun which she referred to as “an…
Tagged with: Awakening the Brain: The Neuropsychology of Grace, compassion, Dr. Charlotte A Tomaino, Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy, forgiving, healing, hope, humility, Pope Francis
Posted in Books, Caring, caring for the stranger in our midst, Centering Prayer, choices, connecting, Forgiving, mercy
Posted in Books, Caring, caring for the stranger in our midst, Centering Prayer, choices, connecting, Forgiving, mercy
How about HOPE?
All of this makes me think about Hope. Vaclav Havel said “Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.”
Tagged with: hope, Keeping on, Meaning, persisting
Posted in Faith, Faithfulness, hope, Meaning, Persistence
Posted in Faith, Faithfulness, hope, Meaning, Persistence
What would St. Francis do?
Good Morning, God We are always asking ourselves . . . well we try, God . . . What would Jesus do? The answer, of course, varies on who is asking the question. Then it came to me. We CAN…
Tagged with: compassion, hearing, hope, humility, Love, peace, Peacemakers, St. Francis, What would St. Francis do
Posted in connecting, hope, Hope as a gift from God, Peace, power and peace and gentleness, respect, the essential nature of hope
Posted in connecting, hope, Hope as a gift from God, Peace, power and peace and gentleness, respect, the essential nature of hope
Our Paris, Our World
Good Night, God! There is such a Rising Tide of Hate, Dear God, that I fear for our species. I would like to say the hate is from Other People, Other Countries, other Cultures. But, I have seen it here in America.…
Hoping BIG
Good Evening, God! A dear friend sent me a link to a TED talk by the former prime minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd. I found it so inspiring that I copied phrases and promised myself I would do a blog…
The Really Big Gift of Life
But, of course, God, to heal means to go INTO the pain . . . to face the fear. To grab on to hope with both hands and dare to imagine another layer of healing!
Wow! I’m HERE, NOW!
Then, this afternoon I was reading an article in Discover Magazine and learned our brain has 85 billion neural cells, 150 trillion synapses and an almost infinite number of ways of combining synapses. As the article said, “Possibilities are always wildly, insanely greater than the number of things around us.”
Tagged with: anger, AWE, Dr. Martin Blaser, frustration, hope, killing our helpful microbes, Missing Microbes
Posted in a prayer for healing, accepting my need for help, Anger, Awe, connecting, Forgiven!, Forgiving, the cold snow of reality
Posted in a prayer for healing, accepting my need for help, Anger, Awe, connecting, Forgiven!, Forgiving, the cold snow of reality
A Moment with God 