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Silent retreat.
I love going on silent retreats. I love making a special time to be alone with God. And then I hate it. I feel like I’ve gone on a long road trip and I’ve forgotten something. I feel like I’m four...
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The pool of God, and betrayal by the lifeguard.
Right now, in my relationship with God, I’m about at a seven. When I was at Cursillo, it was at a ten. I want ten again and yet I’m terrified of it. I feel like I’m being set up for a fall sometimes...
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It is Spring inside us.
If you are feeling out of sorts right now, you aren’t alone. We have all gone through a major shift. Some are more attuned to it. Some just feel sick and confused. The old skin is being shed. Nothing...
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Gift
I’m trying to see every experience as a gift, as something special. I’m trying to trust that God is in charge of everything and that everything is going as planned. It isn’t easy. I feel trapped in...
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Family honor
My brother used to push the idea of family honor on me. He seemed to think that it was my responsibility to keep up the family name and family pride. And yet he was the one who changed his last name...
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In God we trust
This is been a crazy time, just like when everything broke a few years ago. In 2008 everything broke at our house. Everything that was really expensive broke. The water heater broke, then the battery...
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Gold as God? Good as Gold?
Many of us are familiar with the story of the golden calf. This is what some of the Israelites had talked Moses’ brother Aaron, the high priest, into making for them to worship. A lot of time had...
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Starter marriages
So many people seem to have starter marriages, the same way that people will get starter homes. When you have a starter home, you have it with the idea that when things change, you accumulate too much...
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Poem – Our daily bread
“Give us our daily bread” isn’t really about food. It refers to manna. Heavenly bread, spiritual sustenance. Just enough for today, only one day at a time (Like AA). It says “Help me appreciate right...
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Pilgrim
The country versus The city How interesting to consider that the pilgrim feels welcomed and safe in the wilderness, and an anomaly and a target in the city. How those in the countryside will minister...
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