Most of us are trying to find a safe place to fall apart and get free to be able to feel the way we really do. Look around - the world is filled with hurting people and right now, you may be one of them. It's been hard. I think back to what I thought the word free meant growing up in a red, white and blue world. Not that it … [Read more...]
Faith in the Cracks
We’re all there . . . Here. It’s been difficult, so I'm not adding to the noise of covid. I realize for some our present circumstances may just seem like a nuisance, for others it’s been devastating. I’m in the middle of the end. We all have a thousand stories – many of mine have been about hard times. These past few weeks … [Read more...]
The Now and the Not Yet
It’s Friday but we want Sunday . . . it’s now but we want not yet. The passing of my mom added to the sorrow of a Holy Week fourteen years ago today. It was hard to look past her suffering to see the hallelujahs in it all. I remember thinking in those last moments as her heart faded – we’re all in critical condition needing … [Read more...]
Even Now
In a strangely still community where only a few weeks ago we were going through the rush and the race of the everyday, suddenly we are forced to suspend our fast-paced-usual. And everything changes in our taken-for-granted life. Sorry to say that so often I’ve wished for the gift of a gutted calendar with less appointments, … [Read more...]
Spring – Season of Hope
Spring is a season of hope. No matter how mild the winter, this time every year we wait anxiously for the beginning of Spring and the “new” it brings. And it’s less than three weeks away! Looking from my office window I’m not seeing a change in season yet - but assured it’s hidden within the mix of a robin perched on a naked … [Read more...]
- 1
- 2
- 3
- …
- 44
- Next Page »