You Are God’s Beloved – A Valentine’s Truth In a Love-Starved World

Posted by linda on Feb 14, 2016 in Holidays & Events, Lent & Easter, Lent & Easter | 14 comments The truest thing about you is that you are God’s beloved. Today on this Valentine’s Day of hearts and romance, I need to remember the truth about who I really am.  And so do you.  We are God’s beloved. As pastor and author Henri Nouwen says, “Being the Beloved expresses the core truth of our existence” (Life of the Beloved, pg. 28). Regardless of whether anyone...
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ASH Wednesday ReBoot

Posted by linda on Feb 10, 2016 in Lent & Easter, Lent & Easter | 0 comments   Life has “happened” to me in the past couple of months. Unexpected financial challenges, job stress, two family members having cancer surgery, and so on… But on this Ash Wednesday I am filled with hope and expectation once again. Lent always reminds me that God’s mercies are new every morning, and that I can start fresh again. On this first day of Lent… I...
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My Ash Wednesday Psalm

Posted by linda on Mar 5, 2014 in Blog, Lent & Easter, Lent & Easter | 14 comments                       Ashen gray the sheet of waterless clouds hanging low overhead. Ashen gray the veil of bitter numbness shrouding my heart. And so Lent begins. I am detached from myself this Ash Wednesday. Wanting.   Desperately wanting a spark of the Divine to melt the walls of my self-imprisonment. Weary.  Burdened and weary as I...
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