Daily Dose (May 16 – 19)
Tuesday -- Everyone knows what it means to be afraid, or at risk, or at wits end, or discombobulated, or even fragmented. Times when your spirit is depleted, and you wonder where hope went. I do know this: more than…
Tuesday -- Everyone knows what it means to be afraid, or at risk, or at wits end, or discombobulated, or even fragmented. Times when your spirit is depleted, and you wonder where hope went. I do know this: more than…
Tuesday -- There is a part of every one of us that feels broken. Sometimes, literally.Other times... when we feel stuck or without passion, when we betray our own heart, or when our dreams are derailed by ridicule, or when…
Tuesday -- This week we are talking about finding rest for our soul.And no, it is not easy in a world made for fidgety and restless bodies and minds... and hearts.For me it is my garden. Where is it for…
Tuesday -- "All real living is meeting." Martin BuberReal life happens in the present, and in the Presence. When we see one another as precious. Knowing that we are all welcomed into God’s compassionate heart, no exceptions, no exclusion.Here’s what…
Tuesday -- This week, let us hear the invitation of grace.“Look at my eyes. Now take one step”, no longer confined by what we see as limitations. My grandmother—Southern Baptist born and bred—didn't cotton to folks in her church who played…
Tuesday -- It’s too easy to put a moral price tag on fragile or wounded or broken places. Places to be concealed, or suppressed, or fixed.And we miss the power to see grace there.We miss the permission (and the gift)…
Tuesday -- “When your life is filled with the desire to see the holiness in everyday life, something magical happens: Ordinary life becomes extraordinary, and the very process of life begins to nourish your soul.” Rabbi Harold S. Kushner There…
Tuesday -- “We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.” Thank you, Thornton Wilder.Even still, we ask, “What does that look like?” Hoping for the map, or instructions, or…
Tuesday -- This week, we are on the lookout for small wonders (not a bad way to spend the day) embracing this new currency in our lives. Yes, embracing the sacrament of this present moment.And yes, when life’s distractions keep…
Tuesday -- Another day carrying my script and list. And my travels today ignored the script (which travel can easily do). My early flight from Paris to London was cancelled this morning. So, missing my connecting flight, my itinerary was…