Inside the Minds of Valerie and Mike (and Anna)
Back in April I did something 20-year old me would have never, ever, thought would be a possibility or of interest. My undergraduate years and graduate studies were focused on architecture. As a little girl I loved Legos, model building, and designing. Add to that the fact that my favorite grandfather had helped build the... Continue Reading →
Richard Rohr speaks and writes of an expansive God with many names across the faith traditions and among those who don't associate with any tradition. He often uses the name Love to encompass all. Rohr also speaks of the presence of the universal Christ in all of creation, much like St. Francis spoke of finding... Continue Reading →
There is a trinity of parables about lost items that get found or returned. The common interpretations are that what is lost are those outside the faith community or tradition, or those who have veered off course from the “right” path and that God will seek them out and bring them back into the fold... Continue Reading →
GO! Go where? Go and…? Did you make New Year’s resolutions this year? Again? Because? Because this will be the year that they stick? Hmmm… Four years ago I switched over to picking a word for the year. Sometimes these are called star words. There’s a website, oneword365.com, where you can sign up with your... Continue Reading →
Tonight I get to sleep in my bed, on my pillows, after being out of the house for three months. October 8, 2021 we headed out that Friday morning to St. Louis. While we were only gone a week, we haven’t slept in our house until tonight. Home explains a bit about what happened. Shortly... Continue Reading →
The word epiphany comes from the Greek ἐπιφάνεια meaning “to make manifest, to show forth, to appear”. We use it when we have those “aha! moments”, when something becomes clear that wasn’t previously. But what was being revealed at Epiphany? What do we see, that we hadn’t before? Anam Cara Ministries, Facebook post 1/5/22 Apocalypse, per... Continue Reading →
The Sea of Cortez way beyond. On a recent trip to Mexico, the third attempt at this trip due to the pandemic, I started photographing portals, windows and doorways. The resort we were staying at provided plenty of portals. As I look at the portals I’ve tagged as my favorites, I’m noticing the elements that... Continue Reading →
Home…this year’s reflection focus for Advent and the season of Christmas. Sounds pretty light and comforting doesn’t it? Except that the concept of home can bring a range of emotions, conjure a variety of memories, and is experienced is different ways physically, emotionally, and spiritually at different times of our lives and around the globe.... Continue Reading →
Pearls, treasures, wants, dreams Foolish, risky, courageous, daring Detachment, redefining, recognition, living All these words and ideas came out during a discussion of a very short story. A story of only 32 words by Jesus. Yes, one of the parables. I’m participating in a series of discussions focused on the book, Short Stories by Jesus. The author... Continue Reading →
I recently read a post proposing that we were designed or meant to hold and respond to the hardships that happened in our village, not the world, and that we are suffering from our emotional circuit breakers being overloaded. I get it. It’s been an exhausting five and half years…at least. As citizens of the world, more... Continue Reading →
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