CHALLENGES
Most of us through challenging times at least once in our lives. Or perhaps more often. Times when we can’t seem to pull out of a bad cycle of events. It’s hard to deal with challenges, especially when we encounter a long string of them. So what do we do?
Fall 2024 Newsletter (4.5MB)
FAITH…OR FEAR? From time to time each one of us can confront a dilemma: do we step out and act from a perspective of faith? Or do we instead act out of a senseof fear? Occasionally the fear is telling us something important. Occasionally it is warning us that we’re about to lose our way,…
My One Companion is … darkness. We want joy, peace, happiness. But when these are unattainable, is it possible to make darkness, sadness, grief our companions? Summer 2019 Newsletter in PDF format (1.3MB)
SPEAKING Recently I have become more and more aware of how unaware I am of how I speak, my tone of voice, my facial expressions, sometimes even my choice of words. It is a great gift to become aware in this way, though a humbling gift. I am realizing how much my tone of voice…
PRAYER, AGAIN How often do we turn to prayer? When we are in crisis, or in any kind of need? Or are we able to bring our deepest fears, hopes, hurts, and dreams to God? Do we even believe it’s OK to do this? Spring 2023 newsletter PDF
STILL PRAYING What happens to us during our prayer time after we’ve been praying, day in and day out, for years? Perhaps we get tired. Or bored. Or just plain distracted, especially if we’re going through a busy time in our lives. If this happens to us—and it happens to all of us at some…
A classic Maine nor’easter is blowing outside my window and the snow is falling so rapidly that it’s hard to see across the blueberry field. It’s March 1, and until now the winter has been so mild that it seemed the days would continue to roll calmly onwards into April. The crocus are up, the…
