The Season of Lent

This Lenten season let us look for the joy.

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A Prayer for a New Week

Another Monday, another fresh week, another opportunity to live right here right now.

A Prayer For A Restful Weekend

The past few weeks have been hard and rest, joy, and play have felt less present because of my constant worry of work. This weekend I am confessing that I struggle with letting rest and play be top priorities and in confessing I invite the God of sabbath to teach me another way.

Tuesday Morning Joys

I get so in my head and so focused on one or two things that I forget to live inside of my body and to be present where I am. When I get like this I get stuck and live even more in my head than in my body and real life. I am trying to find things that help and reflecting on my joys truly does.

Tea On The Hard Days

Sometimes the things most sacred to us have everything to do with our religion or religious practices or nothing to do with them—or even somewhere in between. Tea is one of my sacred practices and its somewhere in between.

All Kinds of Joy

Just a list of some Tuesday joys—all kinds of them!

A Prayer for A Better Week

Last week was not my week—I pray that this week might be better. So here is a prayer to start off this week.

St. Patrick’s Day Joys

This lenten practice is challenging me in a way I need and invites me to show up for myself and to look for where God has met me throughout the day.

A Good Day

In the face of such suffering--looking for the joy in the world seems like absolute foolishness. And yet, my heart and mind and soul needs the joy to be able to continue on this journey.

God Found Me

Today, God met me right where I was at and at the precisely right time. I let myself be held and for that I am grateful.

Weekend Joys

I was having so much fun with friends this weekend that I forgot to share! Here is a little recap of my weekend joys. I hope you might be able to get a sprinkle ice cream cone soon!

 

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St. Patrick’s Day Joys

This lenten practice is challenging me in a way I need and invites me to show up for myself and to look for where God has met me throughout the day.

  • Wearing my sage green sweater

  • Saving then finally getting to wear my bright spring colored blouse, worn with my sage green cardigan

  • The joy my homemade cake pops brought others

  • Light green colored white chocolate and sprinkles to coat the cake pops—the colors were just so happy

  • Getting to bless the food at a gathering of people I am grateful to have in my life

  • Getting to break bread with others

  • Receiving a lovely and touching note

  • A warm and sunny afternoon

  • Feeling the sun warm on my face

  • Having a good appointment with a new doctor

  • Will’s head on my shoulder and my head resting on his head

  • Knowing tomorrow is Friday

  • The look of joy on a dog’s face as she runs speedy fast to catch a ball

    Many days I get late into the evening and I don’t want to sit down and write something—I don’t know what brought me joy and don’t really want to think about it. But isn’t that the point of this practice? To encourage and invite me into relying on God in a new way. I find that I am often tired and a voice in my head, that is so tempting to listen to, tells me this practice doesn’t matter and that this work really isn’t that big of a deal.

    The only way to silence that voice is to do the work and to show up for myself, allowing God to meet me where I am and remind me where I caught glimpses of God throughout the day.

    And, the weekend is coming! AKA—sleeping in without an alarm!

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