Mama Mondays

I wrote this prayer for the beginning of a weekly meeting with my team.  May this give you some words as your companion for the day ahead....  Father, Son, and Spirit, help us to make something beautiful for You with our lives… May our words, choices, and actions today be offered as true expressions of worship [1] through our learning and unlearning and with all the hats we wear in the lives you have given to us. Give us the grace to anchor ourselves in the present moment and to delight in the person in front of us [2] . Help us to love you from deep within, with the strength of our arms, the thoughts of our minds, and the courage of our hearts. [3]     1- From Morning Prayer from Every Moment Holy  2- Credit to Father Gregory Boyle for this beautiful mantra. 3- Matthew 22:36, First Nations Bible Translation

I posted 11 Lectio reflections on Instagram over the last week (reflections from my morning devotions with the kids in India and then from my weekly Lectio group since then). Here's one of them from Numbers 6 that we read a few weeks ago....  You can find all the posts here (and I'll try to now just post one a week):  https://www.instagram.com/lectioreflections

Mom,  I have not read the Narnia books in quite some time, but this morning, I came across this wonderful passage about Eustace being undragoned. What a wonderful word- UNDRAGONED! Don't we all desperately need that each day?  “Well, anyway, I looked up and saw the very last thing I expected: a huge lion coming slowly towards me. And one queer thing was that there was no moon last night, but there was moonlight where the lion was. So it came nearer and nearer. I was terribly afraid of it. You may think that, being a dragon, I could have knocked any lion out easily enough. But it wasn't that kind of fear. I wasn't afraid of it eating me, I was just afraid of it - if you can understand. Well, it came close up to me and looked straight into my eyes. And I shut my eyes tight. But that wasn't any good because it told me to follow it.” “You mean it spoke?” “I don't know. Now that you mention it, I don't think it did. But it told me all the same. And I knew I'd...

Mom,  HAPPY BIRTHDAY EVE!!!  As part of your birthday gift this year, I wanted to start a little blog to post some favorite quotes each week to share with you. So, each Monday, I'll post a little something that seems to be speaking your name through the week or that is just something I wanted to pass along as some encouragement.  So, here's Mama Monday #1:  These are my journal reflections to share with you from my Lectio reading of Numbers 6 last week.  Praying these words over YOU on your birthday and in the year ahead.... 💛💛💛💛💛   The Lord bless you     and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you     and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you     and give you peace   We’ve heard this a million times… as a benediction or farewell or perhaps as a bedtime song.   Oh the richness of what is here. God is telling us that this is h...