Here’s the back story leading up to my prayer encounter during my chat with email software tech support. I awoke that morning to the peace of a beautiful winter day. I was soon interrupted by anxiety when the realization of a very challenging financial situation crossed my computer screen as I opened up my online […]
Anyone who knows me, knows I’m not very tech savvy. So today I found myself in an online tech support chat with the email software provider I use for my ministry emails. Though I’m sometimes able to pick things up fairly quickly, I always have a lot of questions. The woman on the other end […]
There may be a few people, a very small percentage of the world’s population, that are untouched by the present climate of anxiety and stress. These individuals, if they exist, are probably living ‘off the grid’ of what we call ‘normal’; having little or no contact with social media and news outlets. The rest of […]
Most High God, We boldly ask all of heaven to assist us as we open our hearts in prayer for our children. We are grateful for these gifts you have entrusted to us. From their first breath to their last we ask for your protection and guidance and sanctuary from the deceptions of this world. […]
Feeling stuck? Over and over again, repeating what you don’t want to do hoping one day you will arrive at the life you want. Why don’t New Year’s resolutions work? Because we can’t will ourselves into a new way of being and thinking. We don’t really know what we want, or how to get it. […]
In the midst of tragedy and crisis, where is God? Truth is, God is everywhere if we have the eyes to see. God is in all, if we have the hearts to feel, God is present if we have the soul to receive. As we watch the videos of how the horror unfolded on innocent […]
It rained on the last day of retreat As if freedom could be more free. God poured down grace on me. Beautiful rays of golden light. Through the canopy of trees. From heaven into my soul. Engulfed in prayer, the moment came unannounced. Like the gentle summer breeze, that brushed across my face. From the […]
On the edge of Silent Stillness I embark To an adventure unforeseen The Silence pierces a world of noise. The Stillness moves like the ocean’s depths. I do not know what lies ahead. I simply say ‘yes’. My willingness now opens a path beneath me and above me. Transported by prayer to heights and depths […]
Here in retreat: The Trees speak, the Water dances, the Light is blinding bright, the Silence is deafeningly quiet, the Spirit is restoring, renewing, rebirthing, The Moment is potently real, the Word is profoundly revealing, the Prayer is deep and compelling, the Seeing is true and vital the Listening is easy and patient the Color […]
Most of the time when I share with someone I’m going on a seven day silent retreat the reaction is always the same: “You’re going to do what? For how long?” Yes. For seven days, other than a daily half-hour spiritual direction appointment, silence reigns. Even though I’ve been going on these retreats for years and know […]