noticing and responding to God in our everyday life
It was only a two hour drive. Each mile that passed on the road, my breathing got slower, but my mind was still racing. “Did I finish everything I needed to before leaving?” My work list, my kids list, all of it twirling around in my head. Slowly, and intentionally I let each thought go, […]
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There’s a dead branch hanging in the tree outside my window at the retreat center. It’s completely broken off, but appearing to hang in the air amidst the other branches. My first thought is “look how it’s hanging on to life.” But then I realize- no, it’s dead– it’s not hanging on to anything. It’s […]
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This week between Christmas and New Years has always had a certain feeling to me. Nostalgic and reflective. A hopeful melancholy. I was curious to see if this week has a name. While I couldn’t find one, I was surprised with the number of articles and discussions devoted to the aura of this week. Here […]
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Today is the first day of Advent. My heart feels the contradictions. The after Thanksgiving, get into high gear and cross everything off your to do list mode. The beginning of Advent, waiting and preparing ourselves for the birth of Christ. My hope is that this space will be a place of reflection. A place […]
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Prayer for Our Church “Let us hold fast to the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who has promised is faithful. And let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good deeds, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more […]
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This past Sunday night we had a Thanksgiving service at our church. It was a relaxed time of prayer and songs and thanksgiving. I had the privilege of writing the prayers and responses for the service. We started with the world, then moved to nation, community, church and individual (family, friends and ourselves). As we enter […]
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This past Sunday night we had a Thanksgiving service at our church. It was a relaxed time of prayer and songs and thanksgiving. I had the privilege of writing the prayers and responses for the service. We started with the world, then moved to nation, community, church and individual (family, friends and ourselves). As we enter […]
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Last night we had a Thanksgiving service at our church. It was a relaxed time of prayer and songs and thanksgiving. I had the privilege of writing the prayers and responses for the service. We started with the world, then moved to nation, community, church and individual (family, friends and ourselves). As we enter this […]
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This past weekend I was driving down Route 8. It was rainy and I was alone in my thoughts as I had a thirty minute drive in a quiet car. Yes, quiet. That doesn’t happen too often. This story came on the radio and it caught my attention, pulling me out of my head and […]
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“Return to me” declares the Lord. “That I may return to you.” Over and over this phrase is used in the minor prophets. When I hear the words, I imagine a dance. “Return to me” he says, his hand outstretched to mine. Today I accept his invitation and fall into his embrace. Tomorrow I may […]
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“But there is always a November space after the leaves have fallen when she felt it was almost indecent to intrude on the woods…for their glory terrestrial had departed and their glory celestial of spirit and purity and whiteness had not yet come upon them.” – LM Montgomery (from Anne of Green Gables series) Some of […]
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