Posts made in October, 2009

Please pray with me…

Posted on Oct 29, 2009 | 4 comments

…for the life and love of my new grandson. If you are reading this, you are a member of my family, and this child, yet to be born, will rely upon you also. Carry yourself and your faith, your sense of honor and your love of all that is known to you and all that is yet to be made clear, with you to the altar of prayers and...

Even while my roof is leaking, I love the rain…

Posted on Oct 23, 2009 | 4 comments

Yes, even while my roof is leaking, I love the rain. The sound of the rain – outside – brings me softly and quietly to the present moment. The sound slows my swirling thoughts and awakens a gratitude for the simple pleasures of warmth and comfort. The rain reminds me to stop doing and just be for a moment. And the sound of the rain – inside – brings me running into the...

God in our own image…

Posted on Oct 16, 2009 | 5 comments

I have two friends on my mind this morning. There is one that I have never met, but I know her and love her, nonetheless. And there is another that I have known for ever, it seems, but haven’t had in my life for a very long time and I am afraid that we don’t know each other any more. In a more charismatic, perhaps mystical language, I might call it a “burden on my heart.”...

The Old Shell Game

Posted on Oct 15, 2009 | 0 comments

When Disappointment & Despair Lead Us

Posted on Oct 14, 2009 | 5 comments

Sometimes, when we allow Disappointment and Despair to lead us, they lead us to God. “The capacity for hope is the most significant fact of life. It provides human beings with a sense of destination and the energy to get started.” –Norman Cousins And sometimes, even with Hope, our energy comes and goes—it is a normal condition in life. Some days we feel up, some days down. But until...