Everything is prayer. The fourth shift in Matthew Kelly’s book I Heard God Laugh is to transform everything into prayer. That is, to define each task as a prayer. “I’ll do that. I’ll look at everything as prayer from now on.” I told myself that I would dedicate tasks throughout the day to hold upContinue reading “Transform Everything to Prayer”
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I Choose Calm Today
(Note: I wrote this two days after the Boulder shooting, which affected people close to me. I let it sit, because I wondered whether this was real or wishful thinking. It is both. It is a prayer to find calm.) I choose calm today. I rested well, I turned off the news, I found someContinue reading “I Choose Calm Today”
The more I know the less I know
The more I know, the less I know. I am at that faith stage. Committed, but wondering what next. Over the last two years I have spent increasingly more time in scripture reading, prayer, and auxiliary reading about faith. My life is richer for it. But, isn’t there always a but? Mine is this: IContinue reading “The more I know the less I know”
Hope Chest
A large wooden trunk sits in my living room. It’s 19x20x40. It’s made from reclaimed wood, old shipping crates sold off in lots of 100. The trunk is not elegant, it has been moved so often that part of one low board has cracked away and the surfaces have multiple mars and scratches on them.Continue reading “Hope Chest”
Music
I love music, but as something elusive. I am nearly tone deaf, but I hear music just well enough to know that I am missing out on something magical. How is it that my firstborn has a voice someone once described as warm cream cheese that melts the soul? It’s not from my contribution ofContinue reading “Music”
Spring 2021
The Ides of March, my second Moderna shot, St. Patrick’s Day, the first day of spring, the Lenten Season, and special occasions of the past, the memories all rolled into one week this year. I finally saw and acknowledged them this morning. How had I not seen them? I couldn’t quite focus on writing forContinue reading “Spring 2021”
Letting Go
Laying back on propped up pillows, listening, replaying the lesson that I couldn’t hear through yesterday’s static, I surrender myself to it in the calm predawn. A soft tingling grows in my ears, as the fine-haired tentacles within their canals reach for wisdom from my soul. Wordlessly, the response runs from my eyes, tears fillingContinue reading “Letting Go”
Breakdown
Post 1 I post my memories so that I can read them with more objectivity. So that I can find the flaws in my own thinking about those memories. So that I can pull out the stinger, and drain the poison left behind. Four years divorced, I need to visit this memory through third personContinue reading “Breakdown”
What Is My Calling?
What is my calling? As a retired person with disabilities, I wonder what I have to offer? I pray, I seek answers, I listen. But I haven’t found something that feels like a calling yet. Sometimes, I think it might be writing. I even started this blog. I feel a bit foolish about it. IContinue reading “What Is My Calling?”
My Father’s Presence
“My mother was difficult, but I always knew my father loved all of us.” “Really? You hardly mention him, I thought maybe he was out of the picture.” That conversation, which I had a couple days ago and my Lenten reflections led me to think about earthly and heavenly father/child relationships. My friend’s question surprisedContinue reading “My Father’s Presence”
Naked Soul Thoughts 