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Tending the Flame

Early morning prayers and a candle lit for peace … but it keeps going out! Last time I used this candle, I pressed the soft wax back toward the wick, too tightly, perhaps. The candle sat on my shelf, beautiful, for almost a year, unlit, and now when I want to pray for peace, IContinue reading “Tending the Flame”

Discovering Your Personal Rhythm for Healthy Living

Happy 2021! A few weeks ago, I was asked to prepare a video lecture for students in the Human Services program at the New Brunswick Community College. They, like everyone else, are doing virtual classes in our COVID circumstances. Now that the students have had their turn, I’m making the video public. Most of itContinue reading “Discovering Your Personal Rhythm for Healthy Living”

Psalm 23

Originally posted on Pondering through the brambles.:
The beautiful words of Pslam 23 have at times prettified me and given me hope on some of my darkest days. I wrote this poem just to reflect on the pslam and how important it is to me. As I wander through the green uncut grass the stories…

The Best Criticism

“The best criticism of the bad is the practice of the better.” ~ Richard Rohr This morning, with my coffee, I read, as usual, in no particular order, my email, Facebook notifications, and news. Some of my email is summarized news, which is where I started today. I’ve come to believe that coffee energizes orContinue reading “The Best Criticism”

Blow Your Mind!

I want to brag. Perhaps I shouldn’t, but I will anyway. I’ll start by saying I have two gorgeous delightful smart-as-a-whip grandgirlies. That is a typical grandmotherly thing to say. I am married to a science teacher. He found a video called The Infinite Pattern That Never Repeats. He watched it, told me about it,Continue reading “Blow Your Mind!”

Sunday Morning Thoughts, September 13

It’s dawn, on the beach at Pocologan. I am the first to come down the stairs and walk on the sands this morning. Last night I sat here until my toes got wet, on a rock that earlier in the day had been far from the edge of the water. Last night, the beach wasContinue reading “Sunday Morning Thoughts, September 13”

Surviving Change

I live in the same place where I have lived most of my life. Some things remain the same. Dawn on my horizon looks the same as it did when I was a child. Other things change more drastically, like the traffic on this road. When I was in junior high, the school bus cameContinue reading “Surviving Change”

Today’s Walk with Spirit

I am just back from a very nice walk. It’s a little after 9 AM. Sun is shining, birds chirping, breeze blowing. I found myself singing one of my father’s favorites, “Trust and Obey.” The song begins with the words “when we walk with the Lord.” I used to think of this song as aContinue reading “Today’s Walk with Spirit”

Pollyanna and Suffering

I have always been an optimist. Once upon a time, when Pollyanna was a popular children’s story, I took on that persona, the cheerful optimist, the “glad girl”. The book was published in 1913; Disney made a movie in 1960. I was very small at the time, and never saw the movie, but the storyContinue reading “Pollyanna and Suffering”

Reset

This morning I came across a clipping and a quote that struck me as so true: “Keep quiet, pray, and wait for God to work.” (Rose McCormick Brandon) Yesterday, someone told me to read Psalm 91, especially vs. 7, which says, “You will not be harmed, though thousands fall all around you” (CEV). It isContinue reading “Reset”