I remember when the walls of VCNP were being built and going up. If we could hear what the walls were “saying,” I think it would be about being part of something of eternal significance—it […]
Category: Prayer
Let Go and Abide
Here is a picture of balloons in flight. God wants you to know, I see and know you inside and out. Allow a fresh wind of my Spirit to blow in and through all the […]
“Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda…”
My favorite author, Henri Nouwen, said this, “The real enemies of our life are the ‘oughts’ and the ‘ifs.’ They pull us backward into the unalterable past and forward into the unpredictable future. But real […]
Don’t give up!
Theodore Roosevelt said, “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who pointes out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs […]
A Dangerous Weapon/Un Arma Poderosa
One of my daily prayers for years to our Father is to help me to use my mouth to lift up others. It is a need to pray this daily because our mouth is a […]
Change
Life is full of change. I often don’t like it. This year has brought the death of my Mother, putting my father in a nursing home, and my daughter leaving for college, (and just recently […]
Five Lies of Identity
I thought it was worth posting this from Henri Nowen, one of my favorite authors. The Five lies of identity: I am what I have. I am what I do. I am what other people […]
Slow Down
I wanted to pass along a selection by Pierre Teilhard de Chardon called, Above All, Trust in the Slow Work of God. Above all, trust in the slow work of God. We are quite naturally […]
Family Values
Did you ever think that as part of God’s family, we are part of the most important family there is? We are part of God’s family. Think of the most important family you knew when […]
Walking Slowly
By now, you all know I LOVE my 5 minutes of silence in the morning with the Lord. I long for that time of quiet and stillness. I love to just sit and be present […]