Blessed
Day In and Day Out
Day In and Day Out Today has been kind of low key,nothing much going on.Still I see Your work all around me.In the intricaciesof tendon and muscle and nervethat enable my hands to work.In the complexityof sun and waterthat supports lifeon this complicated planet.You are truly in all.
Building Relationships
Building Relationships Through Food It's been quite some time since I watched Chocolat, a film about community, its entrenchment in tradition, and how one woman shook things up. Before I even saw the movie, I heard about it, from a Catholic priest at a conference for adult initiation into the Catholic Church. It was a week of immersion into the ministry of Christian Initiation, and every day was spent with about 150 other people from the...
The Tree Looks Taller and Other Mentor-Mentee Topics
The Tree Looks Taller and Other Mentor-Mentee Topics Groupon is the fastest growing internet...
Minute to Minute
Minute to Minute I focus on my blessingswith an attitude of gratitude.Content I have food to share;grateful my friends care;happy to have a roof over my head,even though it leaks...For I am alive!I am secure in the knowledgethat I love and that I am loved,and that I have the gift of understanding, and the...
Action Verbs
Action Verbs Give me more than good intentions.Put wings on my prayers.Help me get past, "I feel your pain,"to, "Let's build a well for your village."Help me be an agent of changeand keeper of peace at the same time.Instead of my saying,"What's this world coming to?"Take me farther:"What can I do to make...
Now What?
Now What? You know, it's funny how unaware you are of your surroundings until you have to look beyond yourself for help. While I sort of pride myself on being aware, of others' needs and community involvement, it was this little thing that happened to me that made me more aware of my own neighborhood.
Family Puzzle
Family Puzzle We're both divorced with children,and have made our peace with the past.What a gift you've given us, to start all over again,coming together as a blended family.Bless us as we weave our lives together,respecting former spousesand welcoming all into the fold.Make us a loving flock and remind us,that all it takes is a...
Our Connection
Our Connection I grew up with prayeras a quiet quick few seconds before bed,but that's no longer enough.Adoration,praise,supplication,and pleas for intervention.They may not have been part of my past,but maybe they will be part of our future,Your's and mine, together.