Look Around
While watching the musical and looking around, I thought how lucky I was to be alive right then and there with my son Jason next to me seeing this dynamic production together.
Spirited Aspens
On my recent trip to Colorado this point was driven home in Rocky Mountain National Park. I was drawn to the stark contrast of life and death as it intertwined amidst the trees.
Synod Youth Day
God’s love changes everything was today’s theme at the ELCA Youth Gathering.
Lines at Christmas
My thoughts became somehow focused on the lines of the crosswalk at which we were stopped and the line between death (the hearse) and life (the baby in the stroller). Plus it was Meridian Street (Meridian representing the lines of longitude that stretch half way around the earth). Lines, lines everywhere.
The Loss of Impulsivity
At what age do we lose the ability to do the things our impulses tell us to do? Children have the innate, impulsive ability to do what needs to be done without thinking.
Entering the Darkness
This quote by Thomas Merton is very profound in my thinking at this time of my life: “Our Christian hope is the purest of all lights that shine in the darkness, but it shines in darkness, and one must enter into darkness to see it shining. " How often do we go into the darkness to bring the light and our Christian hope? How often do I? These words are very convicting.
Soul Searching
This quote by Thomas Merton is very profound in my thinking at this time of my life: “Our Christian hope is the purest of all lights that shine in the darkness, but it shines in darkness, and one must enter into darkness to see it shining. " How often do we go into the darkness to bring the light and our Christian hope? How often do I? These words are very convicting.
Shining Like the Sun
This quote by Thomas Merton is very profound in my thinking at this time of my life: “Our Christian hope is the purest of all lights that shine in the darkness, but it shines in darkness, and one must enter into darkness to see it shining. " How often do we go into the darkness to bring the light and our Christian hope? How often do I? These words are very convicting.
Hope on Hope
There are many, many items in my office and home that say “hope”. Each one has a special memory attached to it as they are all gifts from people. It’s fun having a name like mine.
Smiles Begin With....
Who makes you smile? Sometimes smiles begin with just that person’s presence. Sometimes smiles begin with their witty words. Sometimes smiles begin with their smile. It is often hard to be dour when someone smiles at me.
Grave Matters
On a recent trip with the Indiana Historical Society called “Grave Matters,” touring cemeteries in Southern Indiana, Jeannie, a grave expert accompanied us. She is pictured below in the first picture. She talked about how headstones have changed over the years from being religious in nature, then being more focused on nature, and how now these grave markers are showing the rise of pop culture.
Memory Making Moments
It was surprising how emotional the act of selling my dining room table became as I sat on the chairs waiting for the buyers to arrive. The set was bought in 2000 when we moved into the house on Cranberry Drive in Greenfield. It was my dream home and dream dining room table. A place to gather, to talk, to laugh, and to eat. Meals are about so much more than food.