Daily Dose (Mar 18 – 21)
Tuesday -- “Listen. Can you hear it? The music. I can hear it everywhere. In the wind... in the air... in the light. It's all around us. All you have to do is open yourself up. All you have to…
Tuesday -- “Listen. Can you hear it? The music. I can hear it everywhere. In the wind... in the air... in the light. It's all around us. All you have to do is open yourself up. All you have to…
On my flight home, I enjoyed watching August Rush. I do love movies that are good for free-flowing tears, and healing for the heart. This one a reminder that "music is everywhere, all you have do is open yourself up,…
Tuesday -- “You can't get away from a love that won't let you go.” Thank you, Robert Capon.This week we will talk about revitalization and restoration. It is the way we are wired. In our DNA.And as we recognized it,…
It's already long past departure time. I'm standing near the gate, waiting for the inbound passengers to deplane. There's nowhere to go, and the plane will depart when it departs. Even so, the passengers (including me) are beginning to huddle,…
Tuesday -- This week, the freedom to choose to care.So, it is story time.Thirteen years ago, I walked across a bridge. The sun shines down from a bleached blue sky. The air may by cool, but our spirits don't notice,…
The Sunday-school teacher asked her 10-year-old students if they would be willing to give $1,000,000 to missionary work for children and families in need."Yes," they all screamed in unison."Very good. Would you give $1000?""Yes!""Good. Would you give $1?"The class responded,…
Tuesday -- Our invitation this week, Sacred Self-care.The permission to literally, pause, to feed, replenish and nourish our soul and spirit.But no, it is not easy. My pedigree is good. Raised in religious environment and trained in religious colleges and…
Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes. Including yourself. (Thank you, Anne Lamott.) And this did my heart good. Chanequa Walker-Barnes, (professor of practical theology and pastoral care at Columbia Theological Seminary in Georgia),…
Tuesday -- This week we are talking about the permission to let go.Every single one of us can be owned or possessed by the “things we carry”, sadly, seeing only what we want to see, and our spirit can be…
I just finished a weekend in Anaheim, CA at the Religious Education Congress. Hugs from a few thousand of my closest friends. And I talked about the permission to slow down long enough to savor the moment. But that’s not…