Sabbath implies ceasing, putting an end to activity. In simple terms, it means to turn the clock to the wall, shut off the computer, unplug, disconnect, and slip on our red dancing shoes –or soft, fluffy slippers! It means…
I AM is home. And I am complete. The day falls away like a paper lab suit I peel off. This is my English cottage in the woods, our cottage, really…what I imagine my heaven will look like. The sun…
Repent. Yesterday’s small group we call “Journey” looked at the rocks we carry around with us, the rocks of sin, felt their weight between our hands, fingered their surface, and stopped imagining they did not keep us from breathing pure,…
Today love grew roots crocheted lives A “tide you over” shower she called it til the job firms. Prayer saturated a feast and the Kingdom came in salads and croissants Hope whipped into mocha chocolate mouse spread into creamy cheesecake and…
I live deep in chaos. I envy Brother Lawrence, the Carmelite monk from the 1600’s with his hundreds of monastery dishes stacked. He slipped easily into practicing Your Presence, soaking in divine love. He made cathedrals of the ordinary while…
“My nest was empty…my life being resorted. Old habits were no longer useful….a new parenthesis had begun. The depiction of this evening in my life was symbolic of new things to come…new goodnesses to be explored and enjoyed. God spoke…
Lord, how do I fast from selfishness? How do I take apart my DNA, unwind the axis and find where selfishness has hidden, beg a surgeon to take tweezers and pluck original sin? And now here’s my honest question: Do…
“For lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone” Song of Solomon 2:11 Oh, Lord, what a wonder You are! I stand back and exult in the coming of yet another magical spring, so beautiful it takes…
There’s something about evening, after the sun says good-bye to the day, that opens a new room for the soul to enter and explore. In a darkened room, all pretense falls away:especially in a cold winter with a fire crackling…