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INNER TRANSFORMATION—GOD’S GREAT WORK OF LOVE

This month I’m doing something a bit different. I’m sharing a reflection that I read a few years ago. It touched me deeply then and continues to do so each time I re-read it. I’m hopeful that at least some of you will also be touched as we enter this season of Lent. It’s a…
Faith Recovery Spirituality

INNER TRANSFORMATION—GOD’S GREAT WORK OF LOVE

This month I'm doing something a bit different. I'm sharing a reflection that…
February 12, 2026

OPENING MY HEART–2025

As our summer is beginning to unfold, God has given my husband and I the gift of being “traveling grandparents.” We are off to spend time in San Diego with one grandson and our oldest daughter and son-in-law, and then on to Phoenix to spend time with our other grandson and our son and daughter-in-law.…
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OPENING MY HEART–2025

Photo by Puwadon Sang-ngern on Pexels.com As our summer is beginning to unfold, God…
June 1, 2025

YEARNING FOR LIFE–2024

As a deer yearns for running streams, so I yearn for you, my God.” Psalm 42:1photo credit: my good friend Cathy Raney I’m on vacation with my sweet husband so I’m taking a vacation from publishing a new blog this month. Instead, I’m reposting a blog from Lent 2019 which I hope will speak to all…
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YEARNING FOR LIFE–2024

As a deer yearns for running streams, so I yearn for you, my…
March 2, 2024

A TENDER HEART

Blessed are the pure of heart for they shall see God. (Matthew 5:8) Like many of you, I have the custom of considering a word or phrase as a guide or focus as I live into a new calendar year. This year the word that came to my heart was TENDERNESS. As the moments of…
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A TENDER HEART

Blessed are the pure of heart for they shall see God. (Matthew 5:8)…
February 1, 2024

A GREAT JOY

During the Christmas season we hear often of the good news of great joy that will be for all the people, and peace to men with whom God is pleased.  Familiar words yet rich in meaning if we take the time to pause and consider what God may be saying to each of us at…
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A GREAT JOY

During the Christmas season we hear often of the good news of great…
January 1, 2024

EXCHANGING CONTEMPT FOR COMPASSION…What our God can do

This month I’m feeling prompted to re-visit a post that I wrote and published in February, 2020. This was before Covid came upon us. My husband and I were visiting our beloved island, the Dominican Republic, for the winter. We were staying at a small condo complex on the beach, Orilla del Mar, which we…
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EXCHANGING CONTEMPT FOR COMPASSION…What our God can do

"Fill us at daybreak with your mercy, that all our days we may…
October 1, 2022

THE WAY OF LOVE

Often as a new month approaches and I am considering what I will share in my blogpost, I reflect back on the past month and the lessons it has brought me. Early last month, I listened to a podcast with Bishop Robert Barron titled How to Discern God’s Will for Your Life. I was drawn…
Faith Friendships Recovery Spirituality

THE WAY OF LOVE

Often as a new month approaches and I am considering what I will…
September 1, 2021

JUDGE NOT…

“Wisdom comes to rest in a good heart.” Proverbs 14:33 This summer I have been reflecting back on how my life has been shaped and continues to be formed or transformed by the communities to which I belong. For over three decades, I have been blessed to be a part of twelve step recovery groups.…
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JUDGE NOT…

“Wisdom comes to rest in a good heart.” Proverbs 14:33 This summer I…
August 1, 2021
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