12 Jul, 2020
Baking bread. Cinnamon. A Christmas tree. A wind dried sheet. Lilacs. Baby flesh after a bath. The clean air after an August thunderstorm. The smell of grandma’s house. The smell of your own house. My father’s tobacco. My mother’s perfume,...
11 Jul, 2020
Peter was a delicate, almost porcelain like, scrawny twelve-year-old boy. He did, however, have a Kennedy boy crop of thick gorgeous wavy reddish-brown hair. He had a sad look about him, wide-eyed but staring off. He never seemed sure of...
10 Jul, 2020
(I continue to be very grateful to Bill Grimbol to his heartfelt contributions to these reflections. ~ Kaye) Christine had just died. We both knew it was going to happen, and expected it, as much as one can grasp the full reality of Death –...
09 Jul, 2020
Listening up. When our ears pay attention and take notice. When we can hear the snow falling. When we hear a solo bird sing, and then swell to a morning symphony. When we can hear the current of the river, the lap of the sea. When we can hear...
08 Jul, 2020
“Open your eyes!” We have all heard this phrase, uttered in irritation or made as a plea, and telling us to lift the veil of denial. We have all chosen to be quite blind to something so obvious. We have all decided to ignore an attitude, a...
07 Jul, 2020
(I’m pleased as punch to introduce you to my dear friend, Rev. Bill Grimbol, who has graciously written the next six days of reflections so that I can take a little vacation. Enjoy!) The Parable of the Prodigal Son is my favorite story in all...
06 Jul, 2020
Once we’ve asked the question, “God, what do you want of me?” then it seems like the next steps would be to listen for an answer, and be willing to respond (or you may as well not have asked in the first place.) When we think of listening we...
05 Jul, 2020
Good Morning! Here’s a scary prayer from the works of Saint Teresa of Avila: I am Yours and born for You. What do You want of me? You’ve heard the saying, “Don’t ask the question if you don’t want to hear the answer.” Seems like this is one of...
04 Jul, 2020
Even without fireworks this year, people across the U.S. will be dressed in their red, white and blue, gathering with friends and family, and celebrating this nation’s 244 th Independence Day. And that is a beautiful thing. Sadly, freedom is...
03 Jul, 2020
First world problems… that’s what I was thinking about on Monday morning while I was waiting for our internet to be repaired. We’d had no service for over 24 hours. None of us could work, or watch TV, or check Facebook, or anything! (I’m now...