Mar 20, 2024 | Reflections, Updates
Image: Nina Bisognani Reconciliation Forgiveness is a process. It began for me one year during Lent. I was reminded of the broken relationship between my older sister and me. When we were children, I thought she was a bad seed. She called me a spoiled brat. Sometimes...
Feb 21, 2024 | Reflections, Updates
Image: Barbara Ryther Trees in Winter Sometimes I imagine that God sees us as we see trees in winter.Not through the filter of soft leavesOr in the warm summer sunshineBut branches, trunk and roots laid bare in the harsh light. In winter you can truly see a tree’s...
Feb 7, 2024 | Reflections, Updates
WELCOMED HOME For the first time in over a year I worshiped in person at St George’s on Sunday October 15th. My reasons for becoming a “St G’s YouTuber” were legitimate. At first it was the need to protect our immune compromised daughter from potential exposure to...
Jan 23, 2024 | Reflections, Updates
Image: Kathryn Yingst The Practice of Gratitude Years back, a friend of mine shared that she was keeping a daily gratitude journal. Each evening, she would write down two or three things that she felt thankful for. At the time, what struck me most was that my...
Jan 9, 2024 | Reflections, Updates
Image: Melanie Kyer Glitter through the Hourglass When I was growing up, my mom watched the soap opera ,”Days of our Lives,” which began each episode with the voiceover “Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of our lives.” At the start of a new year,...
Dec 28, 2023 | Reflections, Updates
Image: Nina Bisgnani 18th C. Nativity, Camel Mission, CA In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the child who has been born king of the...