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HOW IS GOD LOVING ME – AND WHERE IS GOD LEADING ME?
AN EVENING PRAYER Thank you, God, for this day;for all it held for me,the places and the people,the gifts that came my way. The sky begins to dim the light.As I prepare to rest,I now return my day to you.Please hold it for the… Continue Reading “A PICTURE AND A POEM: HOLD THIS FOR THE NIGHT”
When the argument gets heated,or my debate could be defeatedbut I know the words to win it,prompt me, please, to wait a minute.Then put your peace into my headand give me gracious words instead. Help me refrain from words that rushto find the holy… Continue Reading “A PICTURE AND A POEM: THE PRESENCE IN THE PAUSE”
As Jim and I hiked up Meek’s Mountain, I was grateful for the switchbacks that helped us gradually climb onward and upward. We would hike in one direction for a while, then turn around in the opposite direction as the trail took us a… Continue Reading “SWITCHBACK WISDOM”
I stand beneath the cooling shade of a verdant canopy;I look up to the heavens and feel you here with me. Sunlight shining through the leaves creates a grand cathedral.No temple made by human hands could ever be your equal. May I absorb your… Continue Reading “A PICTURE AND A POEM: LEAVES”
When Jim and I first moved to this area, we noticed a sign posted on a lawn along the main street of our new town. We couldn’t read all the words as we drove by, but we gathered that these folks were angry because… Continue Reading “THOSE FUTILE GRUDGES (AND AREN’T THEY ALL?)”
There is a precious synergybetween my awareness of passing yearsand my deepening gratitude for life. There is a tender vulnerabilitythat leads to a wider spectrumof compassionate tears and blissful joy. There is a gracious enigmain that my body often feels weary and wornwhile my… Continue Reading “A PICTURE AND A POEM: UPON TURNING 67”
Years ago, the ELCA churches in northwest Ohio united for an event in which volunteers hiked or biked from one church to the next. The event was intended to foster connections between the churches as we prayed for one another and for our communities… Continue Reading “LIMITING GOD’S LOVE”
You fill this world with beauty,your creation brings delight,and all around me I can seeyour power and your mightin the grandeur of the ocean,the sky’s enormity,the majesty of mountaintops,the strength in every tree. Yet I can often overlook(in my ordinary days)how your greatness still… Continue Reading “A PICTURE AND A POEM: A CLOSER LOOK”
Simply Soul Searching 