It’s All Good
“Be Still and know that I am God” Psalm 46
No more need be said.
Wife, mother, blogger, Catholic ministry. I love to garden even when it goes wrong. Same with writing (and we know it can go wrong.) Believing that God is present in all of it.
Last night my eldest daughter was confirmed. I thought it was pretty neat that this was happening on Pentecost weekend since the date for Confirmation is pretty random. She had our retired Bishop, Bishop Costello, confirm her and chose as her sponsor, her Godfather. It was a wonderful night. My daughter, who is a scientist…
Noah, a 9 year old with AML (Leukemia) on this prayer chain. He comes from a marvelous family that are dear friends of ours and is in Arnold Palmer Hospital in Fla. His grandmother Linda has asked that he be placed on all prayer chains. He is a valiant little boy that is receiving Chemo…
My daughter Meg put this together for me for a talk I did on Mary. I wanted to open up with focussing on Mary’s spirit but also her ordinariness. At twelve, she was able to capture it. During the words “Holy, Holy. Holy” watch for the focus on the ordinary family movements. The typical giving…
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/12/vatican-scandals_n_1663335.html?&ncid=edlinkusaolp00000008&utm_hp_ref=fb&src=sp&comm_ref=falseThis is a must listen to! This is the conversation we need to be having together. Do I think it is too big to fail? I think the faith…what we believe, the truth of our experience is too big to fail.Congratulations to my fb friend Roberta who took part in this discussion. If they are…
It has been a bit of a whirlwind around here with work and life and work. But, last night I was able to witness my first class of students be confirmed. And what a beautiful group they are. Such promising young ladies and gentlemen and there in the back is one of the blessings I…
My daughter showed me this video and I wanted to share it with you. It is beautiful and peaceful but moreover it speaks to the glory of God. I hope you enjoy it! Purely Pacific Northwest from John Eklund on Vimeo.“Be Still and know that I am God”