From Scaring to Caring

From Scaring to Caring

As we come to the end of October, we leave behind all the traditions and our focus on Halloween, the Jack-O-lanterns, trick-or-treating, and scary costumes and decorations around our homes so that we can move on into November and a month-long celebration leading up to...
God is Present, Right Here, Right Now!

God is Present, Right Here, Right Now!

This blog title came to me this morning and it felt like a blessing following a recent period of on and off moments of sadness and, yes, a touch of depression regarding recent transitions and other kinds of losses. I’d found temporary solace last week, the result of...
Breathe Your Way into a Miracle!

Breathe Your Way into a Miracle!

It’s an amazing fact that when we remember to take a deep breath and slow down, our whole world can change. It is the truth behind and within the often-heard reminder to Let go and let God! For in taking a deep breath we automatically slow down as we temporarily cease...
Living with Our Unanswered Questions

Living with Our Unanswered Questions

Over the past several months there have been many souls making their transitions, seemingly untimely because they were so young, still in their prime years. These passings include family members as well as losses in the families of friends and neighbors. I have...
Ask and you shall receive!

Ask and you shall receive!

I was moved to write this blog after having remembered a portion of a recent daily message from Mark Nepo’s “The Book of Awakening.” Here’s what he wrote: “One of the most painful barriers we can experience is the sense of isolation the modern world fosters, which can...
Being Present to the Needs of Others

Being Present to the Needs of Others

In recent weeks my wife and I have experienced all kinds of “breakdowns,” mostly involving appliances that have served us well for more than fifteen years. And even the failure of the one that was fairly new and still under a maintenance contract—it’s being replaced...