Before I became a mother, I was good at almost everything. I was good at school as a student and then as a teacher, I was good at leading retreats, I was good at talking to people. I was good at athletics, at making a house a home, at arguing and then making up from arguments. I took being good at things for granted: I was accomplished, I was capable, and I was used to that.
It is Advent. The season of waiting. The season that ends with Christmas, literally “Christ-coming”, with a baby in a manger and a star and the poor shepherds and the rich kings. With the end of a journey traveled and the beginning of a bigger journey on which to embark. It also is the …
While the holidays begin to swirl around me and I feel things starting to rev up, I am surprised that, this week, I feel nudged to share about slowing down.
The need for the slow down, and the difficulty of effecting it, is not a new topic for me. There have been moments throughout my life when it became painfully obvious that I needed to slow down, and, sometimes, some truly awful things had to happen for me to pay attention to slowing my pace.
While the holidays begin to swirl around me and I feel things starting to rev up, I am surprised that, this week, I feel nudged to share about slowing down. The need for the slow down, and the difficulty of effecting it, is not a new topic for me. There have been moments throughout …
Episode 2: Guided Reflection 1: Conversation with God
‘I saw the light and found my way home Thank you, Lord, Amen.’ When I heard Thomas Rhett’s song, “Country Again” last summer, I did not know where it would lead me. When I discerned that it was to be my Faith Song last year, I did not really know why. God showed me …
