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HOW IS GOD LOVING ME – AND WHERE IS GOD LEADING ME?
HOPE MAKES THE DIFFERENCE IN OUR ANTICIPATIONTuesday, November 29th Dread: to fear greatly, to feel extreme reluctance to meet or face Dream: to have a dream of (a desired goal or purpose); to consider a possibility, imagine During my time with cancer, each additional… Continue Reading “ADVENT HOPE: FROM DREADING TO DREAMING”
HOPE MAKES THE DIFFERENCE IN OUR WAITINGMonday, November 28th Languishing: to be or live in a state of depression or decreasing vitality; to become dispirited Lingering: to be slow in parting or quitting something; to move slowly Advent can be a festive season of… Continue Reading “ADVENT HOPE: FROM LANGUISHING TO LINGERING”
WHAT IS HOPE? Sunday, November 27th(This is the first meditation of Advent: The Difference Between…Each day this week, we will be focusing on the difference Hope makes in our lives.) If you have an Advent wreath, you may wish to light the first candle… Continue Reading “HOPE MAKES THE DIFFERENCE”
GREENINGS Thank you for the greenings…for as leaves begin to fallthere is new life still appearingto inspire and to call. Thank you for the greenings…the invitations to believethat in every season of the yearnew life can be received. Thank you for the greenings…they promise… Continue Reading “AUTUMN REFLECTIONS: GREENINGS”
GLIMPSES Thank you for the glimpses…autumn colors that I see,the early turning of the leavesstill clinging to the tree. Thank you for the glimpses…for the season brings to mindhow you make all things beautifulin your perfect pace and time. Thank you for the glimpses…while… Continue Reading “AUTUMN REFLECTIONS: GLIMPSES”
(This is the last day of Sarah E. Westfall’s Instagram challenge, #liturgyofthesmallthings. Her invitation is to find reasons for hope in our everyday lives.) When I am hiking on wooded trails, I often imagine the pioneers who had to forge their own paths as… Continue Reading “OF PIONEERS AND PURPOSES”
(This is the third post inspired by Sarah E. Westfall’s #liturgyofthelittlethings on Instagram. Sarah invites us to notice the smaller moments of hope in our everyday lives.) I could not help but notice the dramatic sky on my morning walk today! The contrast of… Continue Reading “FINDING CONTRASTS AND COMFORT”
Today is my second day of following the prompt, #liturgyofthelittlethings by Sarah E. Westfall. She describes this prompt on Instagram: “Liturgy of the Little Things is not a hunt for silver linings or a way to mask the pain or turn our heads from… Continue Reading “FINDING REASSURANCE AND RESPITE”
Thank you, Brightest Love and Light,for showing us that we still mightshine with your love and peace.Your love will shine and never ceaseto remain with us in every day through your small, ordinary way… The breaking of dawn, long shadows on the lawn, the… Continue Reading “…AND YET”
A REFLECTION AND A BENEDICTIONJanuary 24th REFLECTION: I took this photo a few years ago, but this week it captures the way hope feels to me these days. My hope is believing the cloud will eventually pass. My hope is sensing a brighter day… Continue Reading “HOW HOPE REMAINS”
Simply Soul Searching 