White Christmas Count your Blessings
On this July day, when it’s 84 degrees with a lovely breeze this song came to me. Such beautiful voices…and so soothing! Just felt like posting it.
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.
Our parish Adult Education committee chose “All Creation Waits” by Gayle Boss as it’s Advent Study. I decided to join the group discussion last night as I have been taken with the book. I find that it slows me down and for a short while takes me inside the life of the animals I mostly…
There is a lady in our parish who helps tend the flowers. She also cleans up the pews and around the church. She also brings gifts for the priest; this woman who has virtually nothing.She is Vietnamese and maybe 70 years old. She wears what the women would have worn during the war. She speaks…
A classmate of mine passed away yesterday after a lifelong battle with herself. I hope she has found peace. I remember 30 years ago thinking she was unhappy even though she appeared happy on the surface. Still, she allowed herself to be used and misused and consequently mocked. She had a very clear reputation. But…
“Give ear, listen humbly,for the Lord speaks.Give glory to the Lord, your God,before it grows dark;Before your feet stumbleon darkening mountains;Before the light you look for turns to darkness,changes into black clouds.If you do not listen to this in your pride,I will weep in secret many tears;my eyes will run with tearsfor the Lord’s flock…
This a very interesting article that addresses several issues that face our church today but I am drawn to it not for the issues as much as for the image of God that it conjers up. Please let me know your thoughts. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/27/opinion/27kristof.html
I awoke to the sound of a waterfall. Confused and still a little dazed, I looked around trying to catch my bearings. I was alone. My sleep must have been like a coma, I could only feel peace in this moment. I tried to piece together, in my memory, what had taken place and how…