Life-Giving
One of the questions I ask in spiritual direction is “What do you do that is life-giving for you?” By this I mean what do you do that brings nourishment to your soul? I often…
Is He good? All the time?
Was God good when I broke my ankle? Was He good when my shoulder froze in April? Was He good when I went to the OR this month? Is He good as I continue day…
Goals
I have new goals this year. They weren’t on my original New Year’s list, but over time they have risen to the forefront. I enjoy walking in my neighborhood. Under the guise of exercise I…
Enoughness
This piece is a response I gave to a recent posting on our church blog. The writer, a woman about to deliver her first child, wrote about “the voice inside”; it is the critical voice…
Good Grief
Can grief be good? I am discovering it can for me. I associate grief with the loss of someone I love. I am now learning a broader definition of this emotion. Two weeks before Christmas…
Didn’t He Know?
It is the question I am wrestling with. Didn’t He know this shooting would take place? Didn’t He know that 26 would die? Didn’t He know these were innocent lives? Didn’t He know this was…
Ouch
A week and a half ago I sprained my ankle. I twisted it at a party and managed to hobble home not realizing what I had done. By the next morning I knew things had…
Presence
When Honeydo and I are home on the weekend you might find one of us fixing the plumbing and another gardening or one would be programing and another planning the week’s menu. Each of these…
Healthy Body, Healthy Soul
I was at a retreat this past weekend. It was our annual women’s retreat. You probably know the drill. We have a speaker, eat a lot of good food, play games, relax and have fun. …
Masks
Halloween is next month. The decorations, costumes and candy in the stores have told me so. The children are considering who they will be. Each year they select a cartoon character, super hero or movie…
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