And God said, Let there be Light
Woman, why do you weep? Were you there when they crucified my Lord? "Good Friday is such a sad day, all loss and cruelty, and you have to go on faith that the light shines in the darkness..." Designated days are a good thing. Veteran’s Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day...they are important days because, without …
...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 …
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. …
This morning I have combined Lectio Divina with my Centering Prayer practice. This first reading of this morning’s lectionary is describing the harmonious life among the early believers after Jesus’ resurrection. It is from the Book of Acts. “They were of one heart and one soul and they had all things in common…nor was there …
No matter how much you practice and prepare, no matter how many promises you make to yourself or affirmations you recite, it's different under the lights. It just is. This command which I enjoin on you today is not too mysterious and remote for you. It is not up in the sky ... nor is …
