• Drifting

    Sometimes I forget who I am and I need to be reminded.  This is my top ten list of things I want to remember.    Faith – Faith in Jesus, faith that it is “as it should be” and faith in me.  Love – As in, don’t just talk about it, do it.  Love is

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  • Remembering

    Today in church, all the veterans were asked to stand in honor of Memorial Day.  They stood and we clapped in thanksgiving for their service.  This was so moving to me!  It made me think about how the war(s) seem so far away.  Since I’m not in the military and no one in my family

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  • Gratitude for Darkness

    Darkness deserves gratitude. It is the alleluia point at which we learn to understand that all growth does not take place in the sunlight. Joan Chittister Uncommon Gratitude I’ve been thinking about this a lot.  My yoga teacher (Laura Jane at Yoga Among Friends) touched on it the other day too.  We have no problem

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  • Smile

      What makes you smile? My kids make fun of me because (well, actually, for a lot of reasons but this is one example) I was making my son’s bed when he was little and I said to him, “I want to introduce you to one of life’s greatest pleasures…clean sheets!”   My daughters were in

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  • Soul

    “You don’t have a soul.  You are a soul.  You have a body.”  -C.S. Lewis How much time have you spent working out this week? (If you are like me, you may be saying “not enough”)  Have you ever heard anyone talk about spiritual exercises?  There is such a thing, you know.  Bible study is

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