Beautiful people don’t just happen
“The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These people have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with...
Guess what I have to say to you today?
The congregation probably has a pretty good guess about what I’m going to say, I thought. I was walking to the lectern to deliver the Mission Minute at the end of worship service yesterday. Silently, I prayed to the Spirit then spoke. ### After my two sisters and I...
Stir up the gift of God: power, love, a sound mind
Stir your mind I stir in bed at the first light of dawn. After kissing Keith good morning, I head to a loft and turn on the coffee. My mind needs to stir, to awaken. This was Peter’s intent in his second letter, according to Minister Gloria Curry’s reflection:...
Go into the heart of danger to find safety
I wasn't thinking about danger. Walking in the woods, I talked with Heidi about the landscape project Keith and I wanted the company Heidi works for to create: another trail, connecting the ravine path to the steps behind the dining deck. I took the lead up the...
Heal me, Lord, and I will be healed
Heal me, Lord, and I will be healed; save me and I will be saved, for you are the one I praise. Jeremiah 17:14 Heal our bodies Saturday morning, after copying scripture from various reflections I read each day, I wrote my “ACTS:” Adoration & Praise, Confession,...
Stage of Life: Parent, Child, Grandparent
The Second Stage of Life It’s 1994, and I am in the thick of the second stage of life, a householder earning a living and raising children. Though I make mistakes as a parent, I make sure my children have their basic needs: security and survival, esteem and...