Thanks…
…to CS Lewis, the guy in the picture, smoking his pipe. I love the way he communicates in his writings, without hesitating to move into the difficult areas of life. Pain. Failure. Temptation. Struggle....
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Sometimes I forget. And then I Do… worry ensues. Anxiety. Cares. Frustrations. Heaviness. Burdens. Hard to breathe. Fighting hopelessness. Despair. Like real foes – it’s almost tangible when they enter...
View ArticleAbbey Trip, #1, @ St. Clairvaux…
Warning – long post ahead – you’ve been warned… :) We’re at Starbucks in Vina (with a long “I” sound, so its VI-nah.) Found a place to boost the net for free – no paying Howard Schultz & his empire...
View ArticleAbbey Trip, #2 – Crackers w/PB & J
4/15 p.m.After lunch, we decided that we’d participate/attend the afternoon & evening “Divine Office” prayer – the 1:55 “None” & the 5:45 “Vespers”. We entered the chapel through a ‘visitors...
View ArticleAbbey Trip, #3: A Road Trip From the Retreat
4/16 p.m.As we were sitting together in Starbucks posting blogs, drinking our 2nd refill of real, non-freeze-dried coffee, we got to talking about food… this was a mistake. Our fare for the previous 2...
View Article10 Mai – coming to a close…
Today was our last time together – we spent the morning in worship & in our small groups – revisiting what it is that God has most impressed on all of us this week: individually, & for each...
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I was thinking back over the last few years & the different people that have come into & subsequently gone out of my life. A lot of it has happened in, around, & through this thing called...
View Articlegoodbyes are hard…
Aaron & Michelle are moving home for the summer, but they’ll be back in late August just in time for Aaron to subject himself to 21 units at the U of N, & for Miss Michelle to jump in for the...
View ArticleGoodbye to Sue L. & other thoughts…
Good bye Sue L. You’ll be missed. Esp. when I’m trying to figure out what exactly the little knobbys do on the soundboard. On that note: I wonder what part of our psyche is affected as we try to deal...
View ArticleFriday musings…
We’re in the market for a 3rd car, for the Pasty One, which means I’m doing the leg work via craigslist, cars.com, & other such vehicles to get a vehicle. Combing through the scams & the...
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