I’m taking the day off
I’m taking the day off from worry, a gift I’m giving to myself and to my world.
Renewal
The whole world comes alive when the sun rises. One by one, two by two they emerge from east, from west, from every way and every other way, whole flocks together as if a heavenly call has gone out and they’re heeding its message. Is it the rays, the light, the glimmer that bids them […]
Reach out and touch someone
Personal touch never goes out of style and may be our soul’s way to “save” us from ourselves.
Stay in the presence of God
I love the way you worship, I told him. Because I did. I enjoyed the freedom he had to raise his hands shout his praise demonstrate his love of God Almighty. I get embarrassed, I told him. Because I do. I worry about what others might think if they saw me with raised hands speaking […]
A love like no other
Sometimes there is a friend, early on, say, in high school, who writes in your yearbook. Pages and pages, continued here and then over there, with a message that defies time and space. Dispensing with the cursory, superficial gibberish, this friend heads straight for the truth with words so profound that, at 17 years old, you actually transcribe them so […]
First we must stand
Walking, it’s as natural as breathing. Put one foot in front of the other. Move it on out. It wasn’t always this way. Once, we couldn’t hold our head up, couldn’t roll over couldn’t sit without toppling couldn’t rock on all fours could not even crawl. Imagine, there was a time when we were stuck in […]
Punch holes in your fears
Fear hovers like fog.It gathers, hesitates, stays.We read what confirms.See, I am right to be afraid;I have reason to fear. Light dimsPulling up our covers, toour hideout, our cocoon, our tent.Safety suffocates…if not self imposed,then self-perpetuated. Punch holes in what frightens you.Not with fists,but with learning,with truth,with prayer,by conversation with a trusted confidante. Pepper your […]
Out of the Dust There is Life
When my girls were small, I had magical healing powers. I could kiss a scrape or bandage a cut and presto! It would be “all better.” They would smile and go back to playing. Today, these girls are young women, and I no longer have that power. They spend their days working hard in places […]
Only Love Can Do This
God doesn’t ever hope.God is hope.God doesn’t ever learn.God is knowledge.God isn’t ever uncertain.God is certainty. God doesn’t need faith.Doesn’t have to wait.God sees fullyand is fully patient.God doesn’t look for us.God sees us. God is love.Love creates.Love adds without subtracting.Love multiplies without dividing.Only love can do this.
How Long Does it Take to Grow Up?
Mommy, when you are a hundred, will you be as tall as the clouds? This, my little daughter asks me from her seat on the swing in our backyard. Her sweet up-turned face looks past me to the billowing clouds overhead. To her, growing up means growing taller so she can reach the monkey bars […]