Gladden The Heart

By Bonnie Thurston National Catholic Reporter, 6/20/2003
In rare moments when I am home to myself, my heart is still, my pulse a psalm I know obscurely I receive my life from a power beyond me, live by a life not my own.
This morsel [...]

It’s time to be more intentional about exposing my kids to music–starting with this list from Rolling Stone.
Riley and Brady know and enjoy some of these artists, but they had never heard of Michael Jackson. That’s kind of sad.

“Hope is both the earliest and the most indispensable virtue inherent in the state of being alive. If life is to be sustained, hope must remain, even where confidence is wounded, trust impaired.”–Erik Erikson

The “Blog Posts Brewing Within” Version:
1) Blogs, Facebook, Twitter and the importance of balancing online community with real life community. For some of us it’s easy to throw our thoughts about faith, politics, and the economy out on the internets. Are we also making space in our lives to discuss these issues with others over [...]

My neighbor also posted about Woodlawn United Methodist Church this week.
She included some links to the church’s website that has pictures of the building, sanctuary, and stained glass windows.
Thanks, Lisa, for letting me know about your beautiful blog.

When I was in elementary school, my parents took my brother and me to Washington, D.C. during our spring break. One of my clearest memories of that trip is the time we spent at Arlington National Cemetery.

Watching the changing of the guard at the tomb of the unknown soldier made a huge impact on me. [...]

On this Ascension Sunday, I’m thinking about the rhythms of feasting and fasting and working and resting…
“He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of God the Father Almighty.”
From The Book of Common Prayer…
O God, the King of glory, who hast exalted thine only Son Jesus Christ with great triumph unto [...]

Happy Anniversary to me. And to Tim.
As each year passes, I become even more grateful for our marriage. Tim is an amazing man and I am so glad I walked down the aisle at 2:00pm on May 2, 1998. A few minutes later I entered a covenant, and there are days when I feel the [...]

Eleven years ago tonight…

We both had more hair. I was thinner. He wasn’t. We were younger and a little more foolish… But we were thrilled to be getting married the next day. We ate and drank and toasted. My favorite toast was given by my sister-in-law. She correctly predicted that we would “spawn a generation [...]

Happy Birthday to me…