Years ago, my spiritual director encouraged me to experiment with light and darkness. It was this time of year, when darkness lasts longer than daylight. It was also a time in my life when I felt surrounded by darkness and felt a sense of hopelessness. I believe, looking back on my spiritual director’s suggestion, she […]
It happened on a Tuesday night during my weekly Zoom centering prayer gathering – which is a very unique thing. About a half dozen of us get on our computers and log in for a Zoom meeting (with which, by now, we have all become experts!). Once everyone is present, our leader just shares a
Several weeks ago my brother and niece came for a visit. The visit was a rather impromptu, short trip, but it was filled fun as we went to see a performance of “The Complete Works of Shakespeare – Abridged.” The dinner, the company and the play on Saturday night were wonderful, and after we got
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Every two weeks when I attend my assigned team meeting at the hospice where I work, I provide a reflection for the team meeting. Sometimes I find a reflection or poem or quote. Other times I just write something to share. The very gracious team members on my team listen to and accept what I
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Several years ago, I attended a workshop where the speaker was discussing social media. She shared that she had, for a time, refrained from participating in social media. However, after a while, she discovered she was missing out on things in friends’ lives. She decided to reconnect on social media, but before she did, she
This blog was not originally my idea. It started with my work colleagues and a dear friend. I work as a hospice chaplain, and one of my roles is to spiritually support the hospice staff (in addition to the patients and their families). On a nearly weekly basis I would write a “Thought for the
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“Inspiration carefully recorded, shows God that God’s communications are sacred to me.”-Elder Scott
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I recently learned about the Celtic Seasons. It is a way of looking at the year based on the summer solstice, the winter solstice, the spring equinox, and the fall equinox. An image below illustrates the Celtic seasons. (Sorry that it is not clearer – this is the best example I could find.) The time
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I don’t know what to say. What can one possibly say about this? This is what I said to my friend – a black, successful, gifted female pastor in Minneapolis who stood in protest and prayer for George Floyd. I wrote to her, “I’m so angry about this horrific and senseless loss of yet another
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The funniest thing happened to me the other day. But before I can tell you what happened, I have to give you some background. Before all of our lives were changed by COVID-19, I had a pretty good routine going on. In the morning on my way to work, I would stop by my favorite