I finished the prayer that has had its home on my easel for a long time now.  It’s hanging now.  Piled among the other prayers I’ve painted.  And now, a new blank page waits upon my easel.  I keep wandering… Continue reading

Photo by David Paul Ohmer. I’ve been thinking about thresholds today.  It was a prompt from my online journey this Advent inspired by this poem from Octavio Paz.  I’ve been wondering what doors will open and what passageways I want… Continue reading

On Monday night, I invited a small group of church members to let go of language.  I asked them to pray in color, but I didn’t ask them to do this in any particular way.  I invited them to find… Continue reading

Exodus 18.1-12 by Rev. Elsa A. Peters My first prompt from #Reverb10 asks for One Word.  The very first prompt of this journey asks me to pick one word to encapsulate the year 2010.  One word.  I’m supposed to explain this… Continue reading

The email prompt this morning for my online journey through Advent urged me to wake up early one day this week. Um. That’s not going to happen. Ever. I really, really like my sleep and I’m not a morning person.… Continue reading

We’re only at the beginning of the journey.  It’s only the second day of Advent but the call is persistent. In the meditations arriving daily in my email, I’m being asked to name what it is that I need to… Continue reading

The clock has just turned.  It is Friday. I’m sure there are many of my fellow citizens at the mall but I have found myself catching up on thoughtful words from friends and strangers connected to me through my Google… Continue reading

An old friend was visiting me this weekend while she interviewed for her possible residency at the local hospital.  She entered medical school while I was in seminary.  We lived in New York City at the same time.  But, our… Continue reading

All shall be well,and all shall be well,and all manner of things shall be well. I keep trying to remind myself of these words.  My first spiritual director seemed to think that I would enjoy Julian of Norwich.  She thought… Continue reading

I picked a text.  Of all of the texts that I could have chosen to focus upon this week, I chose this lesson which seems to be picking at my very soul.  That happens from time to time.  There are times when… Continue reading