Tag: prayer
member name: Judy G.
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January 05, 2007 11:01 AM EST --
John 15:1-16
The Common Lectionary gives us this text today from John, on the Eve of Epiphany. We receive Jesus' commandment to love one another as he has loved us, and to bear fruit . . .
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December 31, 2006 11:53 PM EST --
For two long years now, my aging parents have lived in an assisted living facility, requiring more and more care with each passing month. Quality of life has not improved since they moved from their . . .
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December 13, 2006 09:46 AM EST --
grace and gratitude
from heart to heart
the former without the latter
diminishes the gift
shuns the giver
ah, but the rightful response of the soul
to the soul's lover
causes both to sing
ah, . . .
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February 16, 2007 11:09 PM EST --
conversation on monday
tumor on wednesday
last breath drawn six days later
literally here today - gone tomorrow
married 64 years. . .to her only love and best friend
my mom for 52 . . .
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December 26, 2006 09:40 PM EST --
Hello to all in this Group...
I look forward to spending time this coming year in the Word...and sharing with this group. As introduction...my name is Judy, I live in Southern California, and . . .
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January 01, 2007 10:28 AM EST --
Dear Friends - Happy New Year!
Here is a site that I use regularly - The Daily Lectionary. Clergy and churches follow the Lectionary to plan and prepare for worship and preaching. It's . . .
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August 16, 2006 01:59 AM EDT --
Some may say that as we age our sense of wonder vanishes. Maybe it never left me, maybe I never grew up. But here, at the age of 52, I find myself filled with wonderment and awe as I hold . . .
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August 19, 2006 01:25 AM EDT --
it's a beach afternoon
bonfire at dusk
wind wafting the scent of far away shores towards me
my chair settles snugly down into the sand
surrounded by books and good friends
shore birds and children . . .
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August 19, 2006 01:32 AM EDT --
a peace finally found
in stillness and quiet,
from a silence not broken,
received in the heart
how large can a heart grow
deep reaching peace
a mind cannot grasp it
the soul finds it's . . .
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September 02, 2006 01:25 AM EDT --
I was married just a couple weeks after my 20th birthday - the first time. I was married a few weeks after my 30th birthday - the second time.
I told my new husband that when 40 rolled around, I would . . .
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September 02, 2006 08:15 PM EDT --
topiary life
shaped from birth
with wires and twine
buds and blossoms emerge
strain to send their offerings
outside the bounds
living free for the moment, undiscovered
back against the stucco . . .
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February 23, 2007 08:52 PM EST --
it's on hold
squelched and stuffed and sealed
in a place that cannot yet feel
that knows keenly awaiting pain
where my soul fears the letting go
fears the anguish and sorrow . . .
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