Our closest child lives about 750 miles from us. This is not my ideal family geography. When I'm missing my sons, I call or text them. When I can't do that, I pray for them. The prayer below felt like a virtual family reunion. I drew and imagined all of us sitting...
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Yesterday and Tomorrow
On my last morning in Naples, Florida earlier this spring, I woke up at 6:15 daydreaming about a walk on the beach. Visions of lush vegetation, the aqua green expanse of the Gulf of Mexico, shelly sand between my toes, and pelicans dive-bombing for fish passed in...
GPS–Global Positioning Spirituality
My husband and I were in the car last week experimenting with his new GPS. We didn't like the proposed map it gave us to our destination, so we ignored the spoken directions. Every time we disobeyed the cheery female Brit, she did not yell at us. She did not shout...
No Other Gods Before Me
A friend noticed this about my posts: "You often start with an apology," she said. She's probably right. I don't pretend to be an expert on prayer or the Gospel or anything else. When I write I'm usually thinking out loud. Sometimes I don't know what's swirling around...
Cinco de Mayo
Happy Cinco de Mayo--the 5th of May! Cinco de Mayo honors the 1862 victory of a small Mexican militia over a larger advancing French army in the town of Puebla. Throughout the U.S. Cinco de Mayo celebrates Mexican heritage and culture with yummy food and festive...
Happy Easter
Lenten Calendar 2011–Final Weeks
Here is my final calendar for Lent. Some days I worked the program as I had planned--a full blown meditation and prayer on each word. Other days I chose a word and drew hastily with a scattered mind and spirit. In spite of my inconsistent discipline, I learned at...
Safe Ground
Writing when I'm in a dark soul-space is not easy. So much energy goes into the obsessions of my mind and heart; little is left over for connecting to the outside world. My inner judge delights in my dour moods. It loves to throw self-righteous platitudes at me:...
Lenten Calendar 2011 Weeks 2 and 3
Praying Psalm 51 has been a great way for me to focus my Lenten attention and intention. I like honing in on one word a day. Many of the words convey my/our alienation from God: transgressions, iniquity, sin, evil, sentence, guilt, judgment, guilty, sinner.... Other...
A Little Lenten Snooze
Last year I read a book called Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, Home, and School by John Medina. One of the twelve rules and twelve chapters in the book is about Sleep. People have all manner of valid and varied sleep patterns. Some are...