And God said, Let there be Light
I grew up believing men would always be gentlemen and prefer to be courteous to women. I grew up believing anyone would choose love over hate. I grew up thinking no one would be cruel if it weren't necessary. I have been surprised by uncalled for hostility by men...young and old...whom I don't even know. …
...God forgave for me, my ex-husband's abuses; I don't need to recall them again. The sun has set on my fears of being broke; I find one doesn't die from loss. The statute of limitations for workplace grievance is long past gone. (Lord, help me to be empty of all the rest, so that …
(Originally posted to TheViewFrom5022 in February of 2016) There is a tendency, these days, for people to make an almost knee-jerk adjustment from experiencing real and intense events, to suddenly detaching from that experience by putting a cell phone in front of their faces. That shift from experiencing the moment to recording the moment, protects …
Two nights ago, I lay in the bed unable to drop into sleep. I never watch TV and rarely watch videos but I decided a few moments might help. I intended to watch a few Matthew McConaughey Lincoln commercials. (I don't know...they speak to me. I understand the subtle spirituality of what goes on in …
That's okay; Jesus' blog isn't getting any 'likes' today, either. When people don't respond or answer my questions, I am left to wonder why. If they are critical of me or discrediting me because of ...whatever...I cannot defend myself. But there is freedom and power in that, because neither is what I say influenced by …
My mother was an artist. She tended to her children the way she had tended to her doll babies when she was a child: she dressed them, arranged them, and used them as models for her paintings. My father believed that sons were everything. After 2 daughters and 4 miscarriages, I was the seventh disappointment. …
They want to drive a wedge between us so that we spend our time fighting with each other instead of building towards the future United we stand; divided we fall "You watch, there will be some sense coming out of the White House and Congress will be working together toward helping poor people, and next …
"I believe I free-willed myself right off the path and the powers that be had to do a massive reroute to get me back on track. It took years, and a lot of people were impacted." Help, is anybody up there? I'm here, I can help. Who is that? It's me, God. Thank God! I'm …
"He's not highly thought of by the academics." Human evolution; it would be a great job if it weren't for people. Crazy...by who's standards? "You keep moving forward. Don't worry about them; I'll take care of them." "Teach kindness in schools." "The cause is also the cure." Mental illness is also a path to wholeness, …
Rainbows. A meadowlark at dusk. I stop what I'm doing to listen and turn my fully opened heart in that direction because it won't last forever...that this, too, shall pass. In 1992, I was approved for a 10-month education detail to my alma mater, The College of Charleston. I was given a housing and subsistence …
Holy Smoke on the Water 