I hate commercials so much that I only watch free TV shows on Amazon Prime, which means I see things years after most people.  I doubt many will remember this scene from season four of Grey’s Anatomy where George and Izzie are trying to talk to Dr. Bailey. Bailey is staring off into the...

  Throughout Jesus’ parables,  He refers to “The Kingdom of Heaven” and “Kingdom of God”.  Here are the ones I came across in my search, perhaps not complete but as you can see there are a lot of parables about The Kingdom. The Parable of Weeds among the Wheat  Matthew...

I am reading and reflecting on Cynthia Bourgeault’s book, “The Wisdom Jesus.”  It is one of the most challenging and thought provoking books that I have read in a long time.  Some of her insights are profound and others just make me run for the Tylenol to keep my head from...

Another Way of Being Michael Leunig “Dear God, we pray for another way of being: another way of knowing. Across the difficult terrain of our existence we have attempted to build a highway and in so doing have lost our footpath. God lead us to our footpath: Lead us there where in...

Yesterday I shared these words from the AA Big Book, “I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment. Nothing, absolutely nothing happens in God’s world by mistake.” Today, I am wondering if I...

During my semi-sabbatical, I am trying to spend a few hours every morning in prayer, reflection and meditation. I subscribed to several daily devotionals and have let them guide me to various biblical passages. The two devotional readings today were all about God’s desire to be with us, to...

“THE SINGING OF ANGELS” by Howard Thurman …                There must be always remaining in every man’s life                some place for the singing of angels –                some place for that which in itself is...

“Our lives are our story, and our story is our life.  Story is the narrative thread of our experience – not what literally happens, but what we make out of what happens, what we tell each other and what we remember.” Christina Baldwin, “Storycatcher – Making Sense of Our lives...

A few weeks ago, I went on a retreat to our cabin in the woods.  My husband and I purchased the land in 2004 when our girls were 6, 8 and 10 years old.  It is a very rustic get away for our family, just one step up from a tent. Now that my girls are teenagers, they often prefer to stay in...

I am coming off a 2 day silent retreat. God spoke volumes in the silence. Below is what I heard.                The heavens declare the glory of God;     the skies proclaim the work of his hands.  Day after day they pour forth speech;     night...

My friend Jamie Arpin-Ricci asked his Facebook friends for suggested books and articles that would be helpful to those who are discerning their vocational call.   I was surprised by the number of suggestions that were given.  Oz Guinness’ book “The Call”,  Parker J. Palmer’s book,...

In the spring of 2011, I set out to build a trail on our land.  Our property is on a very steep ridge and I wanted to cut a path into the side of the ridge that would allow me to access parts of our land that are difficult to reach.  I took hot pink surveyors tape and tied it to the trees to...