Daily Dose (Jan 21 – 24)
TUESDAY JAN 21 -- I can tell you this; I do miss my morning conversations (and yes, homilies) with the sheep on Vashon Island.And I loved their look that asked, “Well, do you have a story today or not?”And today,…
TUESDAY JAN 21 -- I can tell you this; I do miss my morning conversations (and yes, homilies) with the sheep on Vashon Island.And I loved their look that asked, “Well, do you have a story today or not?”And today,…
TUESDAY JAN 14 -- Every single one of us hurts and yearns, and longs to be seen and valued.And compassion is alive and well when we give way to the “tender gravity of kindness.” Encounters with no stain of stingy…
TUESDAY JAN 7 -- Our invitation this week: to “become like a child.” The invitation to remember and to reclaim the profound sense of joy, innocence and trust.Like a child, we are present.Like a child, we take delight in the…
This week, making a difference. One gentle step at a time.And for reinforcement and affirmation, we will carry with us the words of President Jimmy Carter, “I have one life and one chance to make it count for something. I'm…
TUESDAY DEC 24 -- In Sabbath Moment yesterday, we told the story of Hope in No Man’s Land, where on Christmas Eve in 1914, during WWI, in a place of mud and cold and bloodshed, something unexpected and extraordinary occurred.A…
TUESDAY DEC 17 -- This week, we are unpacking the four ingredients to being a daily pilgrim. And we begin with the good news: You don’t have to leave home to live like a pilgrim. Ingredient number one, we see…
TUESDAY DEC 10 -- This week, we are talking about reclaiming ourselves, to be (and feel) alive in our own skin.To live wholehearted and unabashed in a skin (a self) that feels, values, honors, esteems, loves, fears, desires, hopes for,…
TUESDAY DEC 3 -- This week, we embrace (and are embraced by), the gift of hope.And it never ceases to amaze me, the power in the temptation to search for (or pursue) what we think we need, or want, in…
TUESDAY NOV 26 -- On my Camino walk, I’ve been carrying Howard Thurman’s reminder, “There must be always remaining in every life, some place for the singing of angels, some place for that which in itself is breathlessly beautiful.”And yes,…
TUESDAY NOV 19 -- Walking gives your mind time and space.To wander and mull and ponder.And evaluate, and then re-evaluate.I’m walking, but gratefully my heart and spirit are “walking” too. That's the gift of a pilgrimage. It invites (and allows) us to…