Thankfulness Making Room for Love

In the Christmas story there was “no room at the Inn” for the Holy Family. Demands and prior reservations had crowded the rooms to full capacity. Jesus was born in the shelter of the animal stable,  and his bed was normally the feeding trough which held...
A Good Kingdom

A Good Kingdom

It Starts with a Good King A place where justice rules, where mercy abounds, freedom rings, and each citizen matters, these are only part of the list of a good Kingdom’s attributes. It is a place of safety, and peace rests there. Sounding like a dream, or an...

Sensing a New Direction

Thankful for Senses We were created with senses, those abilities to feel and understand the world around us and how to make our way forward in it. With our physical senses we bother experience joy and suffer pain, and with our inner senses, as well. Are we thankful...
Candle of Joy 2016

Candle of Joy 2016

Joy and laughter, gladness, and mirth are the high notes of today.This Sunday marks the ascent of the heart towards what we usually think of as the “Christmas season”. The first weeks view of the times of the history and prophetic words of the Old...
Thankful for our Warts

Thankful for our Warts

Not the literal physical warts, but the aspects of your abilities, strengths and weaknesses, circumstances that don’t fit with an image of success. Let’s Look at Moses He was Born in a nation of slaves Supposed to die Separated from his family Didn’t...
When Blessings Seem Like Burdens

When Blessings Seem Like Burdens

In the Christmas rush, the giving might seem like burden. All the things to do, buying and wrapping presents, dealing with crowds of others all trying to do the same thing. Children who are too tired to cooperate, they are your “little blessings”, but...