Two years ago today, with the stalwart help of the dearest of friends, I became a homeowner again after 15 years of wandering through the wilderness of vocational home-lessness. In 2003, my late husband Rick and I sold our lovely home in Kansas in order to help afford our seminary education in Tennessee. I had…

Light is fluid, like Time it never stands still. I’m mystified by the tandem movements of light in real time. I’ll never capture it, yet why stop trying? So too in our flowering, we’re always reaching for the Light. I’ve watered and watched as my kindred companions keep growing beyond their bounds, by seeking the…

We weep and keep vigil tonight with our brothers and sisters in Paris and around the world. We pray that Notre-Dame Cathedral’s historic foundation of hand-chiseled rock will hold up through this night, as her vaulted ceiling, walls and flying buttresses have stood strong for over 850 years through reformations, revolutions, and horrific wars. We…

I lingered this evening in the contemplative quietness of StC’s after our dear ones quietly departed from our candlelit evening prayers. If one listens closely into thin places, the prayers of so many souls encircle our sacred spaces. I’m again reminded that it matters what we say, what we pray, and what we do. All…

I’m an early riser. At First Light it is my time to pray in contemplative silence, write what’s on my heart, keep watch for the stirrings of dawn, and invite the Holy Spirit to order my day. At this early hour, I’m stunned by the brilliance of two supernaturally bright stars rising in tandem just…

When a full moon is sailing overhead in the middle of the night, in the middle of winter, its continually moving light brightens our snowy landscape. The soft brilliance of full moonlight often awakens me. I look forward to its arrival. With a stirring of the soul, I gladly get up in these hours between…

Dear ones, Did you know that in the dark hour before the dawn, the chugging of Maine’s lobster boats going out to sea sounds exactly like Kansas’ farm trucks heading out into the fields? The diesel engines in both are driven by faithful hardworking stewards who brave the harsh elements and harvest the bounty of…

7:45 a.m. on The Eleventh Day of Christmas Arise, shine; for your light has come, and the glory of God has risen upon you.    Isaiah 60:1 dear ones, How long does it take for you to see what’s right in front of you?  Is our first perception of approaching light received by visions or by…