Simplicity, Solitude, Silence, Surrender……movements in prayer that place one in a posture to be present to God. I heard a new concept last week – “surrendered listening”. I’ve heard “active listening” for years, you...
After asking for prayer for a friend I shared some of our story together. I have been Power of Atty for nearly 2 years for a 93 yo woman widowed 3 times before age 40 who has no family. Her only child was brain damaged and after the second husband’s death she...
Happiness is a temporary, transient state dependent upon the circumstances in which one finds herself. Joy is a growing consistency of positive emotional well-being, that transforms into an eternity-minded state of being, that incorporates the peace, gratitude, and...
One day after a Color Vibe 5K event with Titus 2 women, I was washing out bright yellow, blue, pink, and green colored corn starch from my hair and skin. And, as one would expect, instead of being a swirling rainbow of individual colors (like the flowing distinct...
It happens from time to time, as it did this morning…..someone comes up to me and says, “I read what you post on Facebook” (often with an encouraging additional comment). Mostly they are names I rarely see on a comment or...
Jordan B Peterson on The Purpose of Memory: “People think that the purpose of memory is to remember the past. That’s not the purpose of memory. The purpose of memory is to extract out, from the past, lessons to structure the future. That’s the...
From a post 11/15/2014…. “And if they ever saw your heart, they’d see too much…..You are treasured, you are sacred, you are His……You’re beautiful……. Listening to WOW Christian mix on ipod and reading some of...
Posted after contemplative prayer classes in 2014…. “…..discovering the work of Fr. Thomas Keating as I have learned about Centering Prayer in a women’s prayer group. “The Silence that is sheer is-ness” ….just learning to be...
Abraham Maslow said that humans NEED peak transcendent experiences with the divine for becoming their fully best selves….. how sad that Western institutions lopped off the top part of his “hierarchy of needs”, omitting spiritual transcendence, and...
For family and friends Bill and I had the opportunity to assist financially on occasion. It’s hard to think how desperate people can feel at times when money is tight or non-existent. In some difficult years I, too, knew the feeling of wondering how we’d make a...
