Creating Space for Beauty
I’ve found that experiencing beauty as a regular part of my day requires cultivating a welcoming space: physical space, such as having a special area to d...
Tag: Lectio on Life
Guested by God
I simply sit at my desk this morning, in silence, pen in hand, paper ready for whatever words might come. My pinched heart stretches and expands and trusts a li...
Florilegium, Latin, “a gathering of flowers”
I just finished rereading a fascinating book by a monastic historian and classically-trained scholar, Jean LeClerq, The Love of Learning and the Desire for God....
Lentil Soup for the Body and Spirit
Yesterday as I sniffed and sneezed and shivered from the flu, the thought came to mind: “Surely, I can watch a movie since I can’t focus on anything...
Doing Scales
Every Friday was painful. Literally. Band-aids covered my fingers and the shaking in my voice went to the tips of my toes. Hardly any of the strings rang clearl...
Luke 6:45
(I’m joining with Ann Voscamp’s Walk with Him Wednesday blogging community and sharing about a scripture verse I’ve memorized.) I’d alw...
Feathered Gratitude
268. Grateful for the little hummers visiting me today. 269. For the little feet. 270. For the amazing wings. 271. For glints of iridescent red. 272. For the Cr...
Thank-Full
Mondays are for gratitude…counting to 1000 and beyond… 221. The twinfants were born to my dear friends Kimberlee and Doug: Ben and Luke. After a scary week, my...
Three Weeks of Thanks
Mondays are for gratitude…counting to 1000 and beyond… “We never know where God hides His pools. We see a rock, and we cannot guess it is the...