February 21, 2024 “There must be time within which we neither speak nor listen, but simply are.” John McQuiston, author of Always We Begin Again. On this eight day of Lent, this quotation reminds me of a blog I read just yesterday entitled Lenten Overload, by my friend Nancy Agneberg (https://livingonlifeslabyrinth.com/2024/02/20/lenten-overload/). For those of usContinueContinue reading “Lenten Day Eight: John McQuiston”
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Lent Day Four: David Bowie
February 17, 2024 “Aging is an extraordinary process where you become the person you always should have been.” ~ David Bowie On this fourth day of Lent, my messenger is the extremely talented musical artist David Bowie, who died at age 69 in 2016. These days, 69 doesn’t seem very old to me. I wishContinueContinue reading “Lent Day Four: David Bowie”
Sifting Ashes ~ A Lenten Poem
Feb. 13, 2024 Sifting Ashes What would you doif you were invitedto enter your heartin this seasonof self-honesty?If you were encouragedto leave reason and judgmentbehind and insteadask grace to be yourcompanion?Would you say yes?Would you accept the flashlightoffered when you crossedthe threshold, the decoder ringneeded to deciphereach message that begsrevelation?Could you look?Once inside, would youContinueContinue reading “Sifting Ashes ~ A Lenten Poem”
Palm Sunday: The Final Stretch
April 2, 2023 “Rejoice greatly, O CHILDREN of Zion! Shout aloud, O CHILDREN of Jerusalem! Lo, your king comes to you; Triumphant and victorious is he, humble and riding on a donkey, on a colt, the foal of a donkey. Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”ContinueContinue reading “Palm Sunday: The Final Stretch”
Sunday, Advent Week 3
The Psalms of Advent, December 11, 2022 Please light a candle and spend some Sabbath time reading and reflecting on this glorious psalm of praise, Psalm 146, which we have accompanied these last three days. Feast in the richness of each word. Rest in its assurances. Join in its cacophony of praise. And be blessed.ContinueContinue reading “Sunday, Advent Week 3”
Thursday, Advent Week 2: Sustains
Thursday, Advent Week 2: Sustain The Psalms of Advent, Dec. 8, 2022 Please feel free to light a candle and join me in our reflection on our next Psalm of Advent, Psalm 146, as we receive a vibrant psalm of praise for the Holy One. Verses 5-10 are designated for worship, meditation, and prayer, butContinueContinue reading “Thursday, Advent Week 2: Sustains”
Monday, Advent 1: Escape
The Psalms of Advent, Nov. 28, 2022 Please light a candle if you wish and join me in today’s meditation on the psalms designated for the four weeks of the Advent Season. How do I select these psalms? I am not pulling them out of the air, I promise. They are found in a formalizedContinueContinue reading “Monday, Advent 1: Escape”
Sunday, Advent 1: Peace
The Psalms of Advent I invite you to light a candle and join me on this first Sunday of Advent, as we wait with the psalms and listen for a word to guide us during this dark season of winter. We begin with the psalm appointed for today, Psalm 122, described as a “pilgrimage song,”ContinueContinue reading “Sunday, Advent 1: Peace”
Flint Creek in Autumn
October 16, 2022 For as long as I can remember, Autumn has been a melancholy/bittersweet season for me. Amidst the splendor of the brilliant hues of the dying leaves, there is a sense of time gone by, a memory of mourning something, or someone, that cannot be reclaimed. Yet Autumn also offers each of usContinueContinue reading “Flint Creek in Autumn”
A Pail of Cherries
August 9, 2022 Some years back, my daughter authored a “good news” blog which, I believe, was called “Silver Linings.” She spent hours culling different news sources in search of something positive, and, inevitably, she would indeed find an uplifting story and post it. Her purpose was to remind her readers that good things doContinueContinue reading “A Pail of Cherries”
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