Seeing Reality
This idea of seeing and accepting reality has been following me around of late. It nudges me and it challenges me. Somehow, I'm pretty sure it will be a recurring theme so I'd best just learn to deal with it. Today's Gospel reading was LONG... we got the whole story...
Cheap Grace? No, It’s Free
I’m terrified of deep open water. The feeling of floating helplessly above the nothing, the unexplored leaves me frozen. This was the first time I had ever been in an exihibit that lets you feel like you are seeing fish deep under the water, and I was a little shook....
Epiphany
Last week I celebrated Epiphany on January 6. On the 7th, I took Christmas down. But my Wise Men and their camels and gifts made it to my manger scene in good time. They arrived on the 4th! Must have been great travelling this year. Epiphany -- our young priest tried...
New Years Day: Mary Mother of God
Mary: mother and child Sunday's mass celebrated Mary, Mother of God. It is her feast day after all. I've long had problems with Mary on a pedestal. No problem with Mary as a sister who could stand by me as a woman or a mother. What I find most fascinating is that in...
Finding my point of view
I've been working on my photography skills of late. At times I focus on the technical aspects, but I find I must also learn to hone my vision. Shots of my grandson's flag football game certainly indicate that I had a particular player as my focus. Also got some good...
Sleepless
Some mornings I just have to give up and get up. Most times, I can let the thoughts roll on by after considering them. I always think I'll remember the insights when I get up. Alas, it seems that this is one of those days to get up and make notes of all those deep...
Lost
Sometimes someone simply nails it: Sean Dietrich on Tuesday Here is the letter I got: “I’m struggling. My name is Joe, and I'm an addict. I've been to drug rehabilitation twice. I actually spent my 21st birthday there. Five years later, I'm still using drugs and I'm...
Seeing Christ in others
So often I find non-religious, totally secular descriptions of a concept to be so much more effective than the stuff published in Christian literature. I offer the following link as an example of how to "See Christ in each and every person I come in contact with." oh,...
Thin Places
Holy Trinity, Alabama where the light shifts when you step on to the property Of late I been more aware of thin places. Places or moments when the veil between the present and eternity is less opaque and even feels almost translucent. When one can feel the rocks...
Breathe
I have no idea who Becky Hemsly is, but she speaks to my soul ‘She sat at the back and they said she was shy, She led from the front and they hated her pride, They asked her advice and then questioned her guidance, They branded her loud, then were shocked by her...