Shining Moments

Do you ever feel like you’re just spinning your wheels    and not getting anywhere? Like a gerbil on his wheel   round and round and round   weary from the running   but   realizing that you’ve never moved. Life can have its moments  but it’s up to us to plan for...

Shining Moments

Are you aware of the tension in life? The pull to do and go and acquire more and then the pull to slow down and grow in peace. It’s a tension that maybe we will always have. But during these special days of preparation before Christmas I find myself even more aware of...

Shining Moments

The sirens scream not far from our home.     Cars squeal their wheels.         Sounds of the helicopter overhead. Trucks, ambulances.  The sounds of busy life are everywhere    Oftentimes making it difficult to concentrate.    Hard to hear the sounds of nature all...

Christmas Transformation

Transformation is all around us. Houses once dark are glistening with lights.  Yards are decorated with reds and greens. Front doors are wreathed with Christmas greetings. But with all that outward change of the past view days I’m wondering about hearts. Is your heart...