Category: Speaking to the Soul

“In this season of letting go and holding on, remember the love of God. The God who formed you and counts the hairs on your head, the God who dwells in you, whose Spirit gives you strength and courage. The God who calls you a beloved child.”

“The Easter season is all about salvation. It is all about our yearning to know the Risen Christ. Like Mary in the garden, we want to hear Eternity call us by name.”

“Love righteousness, you rulers of the earth, think of the Lord in goodness and seek him with sincerity of heart;~Wisdom 1:1”

“On Mother’s Day, I will be thinking of the Virgin Mary, and her cousin Elizabeth… I also give thanks for Eve, for Sarah, Rebecca, Leah, Rachel, Tamar, and all the other mothers who, without a lot of fanfare, gave birth to children and became important figures in the history of their people.”

“I wondered about the small acts of courage it took for him to stand in opposition to his father and his best friend. Those acts pulled him from one to the other throughout most of his life. Yet, he seems to have stayed true to himself, even as he was swayed from one to the other.”

“It’s no longer new, this fishing-for-people business. Since Peter, Andrew, James and John were first called into the practice, it has been 2,000 years.”

“Early death is senseless, or at least not part of the plan. We were lovingly created to live, not to die. Early death is an extension of the curse (whatever that may mean to you). The shroud across humanity.”

“Whether walking our dog and greeting others out for walks or runs, or sitting in our front yard waving to passing cars, the spring allows us to come reunite with those we find in our communities. These warm days are teaching my children once again the beauty of a wave and simple hello.”

“We are to love God, totally, and to love our neighbor, but now the neighbor is everyone.”