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HOW IS GOD LOVING ME – AND WHERE IS GOD LEADING ME?
FRIDAY, CHRISTMAS WEEK: LOVE As we close our Preparing Room series, I thank you for your presence and for your kind words and prayers along the way. I hope that you had a blessed Christmas, and that goodness will shine upon you in the… Continue Reading “NURTURE OUR HEARTS IN LOVE: REST AND REFRESH”
WEDNESDAY, CHRISTMAS WEEK: LOVE How will we work with Jesus to furnish our heart-rooms with more Love? Will he help us find more time for serving, more patience for caring, more generosity for sharing, more awareness for acting? Do you envision an open door… Continue Reading “NURTURE OUR HEARTS IN LOVE: FURNISH”
SUNDAY, WEEK FOUR: LOVE (CHRISTMAS EVE) On this last day of Advent, Christmas Eve, we take another look around our heart-rooms. Have we made space for the Love of God incarnate in the infant Jesus? Or, as in the nativity story, do we have… Continue Reading “NURTURE OUR HEARTS IN LOVE: DECLUTTER”
Last weekend Jim and I were eager to hike Meek’s Mountain, but both of us also longed for some solitary reflection time–so we decided to walk the path in opposite directions! And as I walked along in my private contemplation, I felt a sacredness,… Continue Reading “CONNECTIONS: COMPANIONS ON THE WAY”
(Additional reflections on this week’s earlier post, Glimmers of Light, with a nod to Robert Frost’s Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening) As I walked through the forest green,within the darkness there was seensmall glimmers of your radiant light,a light so hopeful and… Continue Reading “SECOND THOUGHT: GLIMMERS OF LIGHT”
(Additional reflections on Monday’s post, VENTURING OUT–OR NOT) When they got into the boat, the wind ceased. And those in the boat worshiped him, saying, “Truly you are the Son of God.” (Matthew 14:32-33 NRSVUE) After Jesus rescued him from the water, Peter then stayed… Continue Reading “SECOND THOUGHT: VENTURING…”
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”
The dreary dawn reflected my spirit – gloomy, discouraged, downhearted – as I walked this morning. Even as I felt grateful for the many blessings in my personal life, I grieved for the world. Every day it seems there is something new to grieve,… Continue Reading “THE GLOW ON THE HORIZON”
I recently asked a friend, “What do you sense your soul needs most in this time of life?” His reply has remained with me, for I imagine many of us share this same longing: “Acceptance.” Being accepted by others – with all of our… Continue Reading “EXCEEDING ACCEPTANCE”
HOW DOES LOVE SPREAD? Love boldly impactsthrough diverse and delightful artworkcreated in dark and dingy tunnels. Love outwardly ripplesfrom pebbles of promise and possibilitycast on the waters of humanity. Love gently coverswith blankets of care and concernplaced over the wounded and weary. Love graciously… Continue Reading “A PICTURE AND A POEM: LOVE”
Simply Soul Searching 