HOW IS GOD LOVING ME – AND WHERE IS GOD LEADING ME?
HAPPY NEW YEAR! As a new calendar opens, so do my hopes to live the year well. You may have heard of the practice of prayerfully choosing a word* each year to guide and inspire our ways of living and being. I began doing… Continue Reading “MY GUIDING WORD FOR 2024”
As we reflect on 2023 and look ahead to 2024, I like to learn how others are planning to enter the new year. I have found a variety of ideas–resolutions to change, goals to pursue, things to surrender, practices to follow. Some see 2024… Continue Reading “BEGIN AS BELOVED”
Peter answered him, “Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the water.” He said, “Come.” So Peter got out of the boat, started walking on the water, and came toward Jesus. (Matthew 14:28-29, NRSVUE) Man cannot discover new oceans unless he… Continue Reading “MY GUIDING WORD FOR 2023”
Abundant: existing or occurring in large amounts; ample; marked by great plenty (as of resources); amply supplied; abounding I imagine there could be a number of blog posts about what Jesus meant by his words, “I came that they may have life and have… Continue Reading “WHAT WILL MAKE THIS YEAR “ABUNDANT”?”
The Lord went in front of them in a pillar of cloud by day, to lead them along the way, and in a pillar of fire by night, to give them light, so that they might travel by day and by night. Neither the pillar of cloud… Continue Reading “MAPPING 2022”
(Tuesday, January 4th) I had such good intentions, God,as we entered ’22.I planned to set all sorts of goalsfor things I’d try to do;each resolution I would makewould help me to honor you.But I became distracted –and then it was day two. I truly… Continue Reading “A NEW BEGINNING – A REFLECTION ON RESOLUTIONS”
December 31, 2021 (New Year’s Eve) As I stand on this threshold between the old year and new, I look ahead with the hopeful optimism that comes from fresh starts and new beginnings. I look ahead with the peaceful gratitude that comes from the… Continue Reading “EXPECT MORE OF THE SAME”