At first, I wasn’t sure what had woken me up so early. Still half asleep, I rolled over in bed, barely making out the early morning sun just peeking over the horizon, shining light between the clouds. It had been a good dream, like being awashed in love, and I wanted to savor that feeling […]
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I have come to realize I have a method for when I travel: 1. Decide where I’m going.2. Get excited.3. Go to the library and check out at least five books about where I’m going. These can include but are not limited to travel books, books on what I may find there such as animals,
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When I said things were going to come fast and furious, apparently I meant it. Eden, the missionary in Kenya I have been talking to and who is helping plan all this, let those of us who are traveling as ambassadors know about our choices of itinerary. There are eight of us and I believe
“If you dream the impossible and reach for the stars, you may find God calling you from among them.” Just over two weeks ago I started dreaming that “impossible dream”. I have been invited to go speak at the triennial of the Young Quaker Christian Association of Africa which includes facilitating programs and workshops. It
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“Questions are not scary. What is scary is when people don’t have any. What is tragic is faith that has no room for them.” I am reading “Velvet Elvis” right now and am taking it little bit by little bit, not because it is hard to digest or uninteresting, but because the author’s words are
This is one of my favorite songs, “He Is” by Aaron and Jeoffrey. It touches a deep eternal place in me. 365-09 #256
Tonight was our first tap class after a wonderfully long break of a month and a half. During the break, Stacey and Sheri participated in a tap workshop in Vancouver BC and as is always the case, she brought back new material for us. Tonight she talked a lot about being loose, relaxed, dancing out
There are many things running through my head tonight. For one, today we started posting for the mystics class I am taking. Here is what I wrote. As a young 20-something, a friend wrote to me, “I do believe you are a mystic at heart.” Not knowing what a “mystic” was, I looked it up
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I can hardly believe what time it is. I’ve been reading this fantastic book I think you should all look up. It’s called “Same Kind of Different As Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together” I found it last week while I was over for dinner
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I had quite a fun weekend. We played cards, walked the beach, took a hike in the woods, sat around the campfire, and played with the dogs. After the last week and a half of working so much on my computer, it felt great to let go of the load I was carrying for a
