Needing a Pocket of Hope?
“Thou hast made us for thyself, O Lord, and our hearts are restless until they find their rest in Thee.” St. Augustine The chef knife lay over the clove of garlic flat and I smacked it with my fist feeling…
Building a Day of Joy: moving day
“You shall go out with joy and be led forth in peace. The mountains and the hills will break forth into songs before you. There will be shouts of joy and all the trees of the field will clap their…
Wrapping Up Life
How do you wrap 10 years of a messy life tight into right angles fold down the cardboard flaps and slide the tape up neat? 10 years of standing semi-circle around that altar beside Kathy Sicard, and Mary and Nick…
When Fear Squeezes
Tonight it was the chocolate sheet cake, the one with the thick fudgy frosting Andrew’s mom taught me step by step. It’s THE “birthday cake” around here because no one can imagine desiring anything but a large rectangle of this…
What to do with Worry
This morning I feel insecurity building and find myself holding my breath, the worry whirring. I feel myself faltering, raw, vulnerable, fear-full and needing to lean heavily against God, the only One firm, sure, stable who does not change. Because……