"What the caterpillar calls the end, the master calls the butterfly." This quote is attributed to Richard Bach, author of the 1970's...

Here are some images of resilience I've witnessed lately. On March 31, Carolyn and I were in the office in the midst of a gulley-washer....

In February, after the UMW now named “United Women of Faith,” Valentine’s Meeting & Lunch, I asked for some extra heart-shaped balloons...

The only two words that come to mind and continue to echo are "Thank You." Thank you to the Staff Parish Team for offering me a few weeks...

I was trying to get out of the house, assembling the many items I cart around, thinking I can accomplish much more in 24 hours than is...

On Sunday, November 21, not only did our valiant and faithful group of youth serve as liturgists, preachers and singers in both Worship...

Oh Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!" ~Psalm 8:1 When we slow down to look, blessings abound. Joe and I were...

On the morning of August 4, I was out for a walk with Nico, our Yorkie Pip Squeak dog. Joe had told me a few days before that a coyote...

In meeting with my Spiritual Director recently, we discussed my Dad's death and the large swath of influence he leaves behind related to...

The Welcoming Prayer by Father Thomas Keating begins like this: Welcome! Welcome! Welcome! I welcome everything that comes my way today...

“...nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” That’s the United States...

After a slow morning on Monday, I needed to get out of my head- so many thoughts swirling about Dad, our family, the togetherness and...

In a neighborhood near our church, I saw this little land of train track in someone's backyard when on a morning walk. How cool! The...

“New every morning is your love, Great God of light. And all day long you are working for good in the world. Stir up in us the desire to...

I was actually able to capture this rabbit’s photo on a walk one morning. Most rabbits I see are scared by Nico, our Yorkie pup, if you...

Glory be to God for dappled things – For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow; For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim;...

Though this phrase is used by an insurance company, it's been running through my head over the last week. We're at the beach celebrating...

Here's a scene we're all used to...the temperature check. I've been thinking about my temperature. Through peri-menopause and...

“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for...

Here's a poem from Mary Oliver in Evidence I wish for my life and for my death as I give thanks to God for each moment... PRAYER May I...