I have been sitting with gratitude. I just finished Diana Butler Bass’s book Grateful. I am working on not filling my life with needless stuff, food, busyness. I am […]
Threads of connection
My grandmother was an artist in her soul but she had MS so her abilities were limited. She used this little weaving square for a time to make things. It […]
Unexpected places
God’s word comes in unexpected times and places. This past Sunday, the word came from Jack Werst in the tiny window in the back of the sanctuary. It took a […]
Focusing
I quit guitar lessons. It seemed like a good idea. We had a guitar. I thought I could learn to play and maybe use it in worship. I found a […]
Finding the star
We never found our star for the Christmas tree. It isn’t a particularly fancy star, just some wire with glitter, but it was our star. It is somewhere in […]
This is late!
This is late because there were presents to by and packages to send and bulletins to write and people to visit. This is late […]
Memories
Everything old becomes new again. My grandmother made ceramic Christmas trees in her ceramics class years ago. She gave us one and kept one for herself. We didn’t love […]
Giving and taking
Right before Thanksgiving, we put out our line which usually holds strips of fabric in memory of those killed by gun violence. This time it held scarves for anyone who […]
Walking each other home
Yesterday Devin Cannon Jones was born to Meg and Clayton. A wonderful gift of God! Yesterday a child was in the hospital, a person found out they lost everything in […]
Walking the path
I woke this morning with anticipation. I held my breath as I looked at the results of the elections and voting results in Massachusetts and across the country. My anticipation […]