Dear God, As a new week begins, I am reminded that you will be in every moment. When I am working against a deadline…you are there. When I am frustrated and impatient…you are there. When the work requires more hours than the day offers…you are there. When I feel the hot sun and cool breeze on my face…you are there. When there is food on the table…you are there. When there is a pillow under my head…you are there. When my heart beats and I take a breath…you are there. Thank you, God, that you are always there. You care Continue Reading

Dear God, Summer is here. And with it comes opportunities for more family vacations, outdoor café lunches with friends, picnics, walks in the park, ballgames, and bike rides. And… There are still those things that don’t go away… Work, laundry, deadlines, work, meetings, volunteer commitments, work, and house chores.  (Did I say work?) Please help me create the space and time to use these summer months to focus on things that matter most. Activities that reconnect me to the people most important to me. Taking time to Continue Reading

I love January 1st. Everything about it says new beginnings…dreams to be fulfilled…aspirations to be realized…love to be shared. I found the devotional below on a website called Appleseeds. It's my prayer as we enter 2011. Thank you for sharing the journey with me. "A Morning Wish" by W.R. Hunt. "The sun is just rising on the morning of another day, the first day of the new year. What can I wish that this day, that this year, may bring to me? Nothing that shall make the world of others poorer, nothing at the expense of Continue Reading

As we pray for the people in Haiti, and those in our own countries who may feel forgotten or are without food or shelter… “Almighty and most merciful God, we remember before you all poor and neglected persons whom it would be easy for us to forget; the homeless and destitute, the old and the sick, and all who have none to care for them.  Help us to heal those who are broken in body or spirit, and to turn their sorrows into joy.  Grant this, Father, for the love of your Son, who for our sake became poor, Jesus Christ our Lord.  Continue Reading