Daily Dose (May 2 – 5)
Tuesday -- This week we are talking about finding rest for our soul.And no, it is not easy in a world made for fidgety and restless bodies and minds... and hearts.For me it is my garden. Where is it for…
Rest for my soul
I am sitting on my porch, my muscles sore in a good way, and a big smile on my face. And dirt under my fingernails. This week I worked (more like played and dawdled) in my garden. Smiling also as…
Daily Dose. (Apr 25 – 28)
Tuesday -- "All real living is meeting." Martin BuberReal life happens in the present, and in the Presence. When we see one another as precious. Knowing that we are all welcomed into God’s compassionate heart, no exceptions, no exclusion.Here’s what…
In the shelter of each other
I’m an unabashed Mr. Rogers fan. Because Mr. Rogers is church to me. His opening hymn, “Won’t you be my neighbor?” brings smiles and evokes memories from years long ago. His vestments, a sweater and tennis shoes.“Sometimes we have to…
Daily Dose (Apr 18 – 21)
Tuesday -- This week, let us hear the invitation of grace.“Look at my eyes. Now take one step”, no longer confined by what we see as limitations. My grandmother—Southern Baptist born and bred—didn't cotton to folks in her church who played…
The invitation of grace
Toward the end of his life, Bruce had an advanced case of Parkinson's. One of the symptoms is particularly disconcerting. Sometimes when Bruce sees a line on the floor (perhaps because his eyes are cast down, watching his feet, fearing…
Daily Dose (Apr 11 – 14)
Tuesday -- It’s too easy to put a moral price tag on fragile or wounded or broken places. Places to be concealed, or suppressed, or fixed.And we miss the power to see grace there.We miss the permission (and the gift)…
I want to live with a soft heart
A couple anticipated attending the opening of a new museum exhibit.At the last moment, their childcare plans fell through. They were left with the only option of taking their young daughter, seven years old, with them. They expected that the…
Daily Dose (April 4 – 7)
Tuesday -- “When your life is filled with the desire to see the holiness in everyday life, something magical happens: Ordinary life becomes extraordinary, and the very process of life begins to nourish your soul.” Rabbi Harold S. Kushner There…
Nourish your soul.
It is coffee hour on a summer Sunday—that time after church service when we sip coffee (or if we're brave, some unidentifiable fruit juice) and chat about the weather, the week's news, or if it's memorable, the sermon. Whatever we're…
