I felt off. I wasn’t even supposed to be here.  It was the first Sunday of the year and I was used to being at Kairos on communion weekend. But because of the holidays, we wouldn’t be at the Jesuit Center until the second weekend that month.  So here I was at my own church. […]

Read More Communion Day

I slipped out the back door and found a place in a comfy chair on our patio.   Our busy neighborhood was quiet and  still.  So, I sat and listened.  The birds chirped and the wind chimes played me a beautiful song.  I found stillness in that moment and sank deeply into the cushion that held […]

Read More Wind Chimes and Worship

Running late, we pulled into the parking spot closest to the door of Drums, Etc.  Josh jumped out of the car and ran in for his lesson.  Sitting in the car with the other kids, I can’t help but stare at the women sitting on a motorcycle in the spot next to us.  She is […]

Read More For Something

Gathered after Sunday service- Wondering, How do we say goodbye? We wander to the lone table in the middle of the room, holding the leftover abundance from that morning’s communion. Sly grins cross our faces and we dig in. The bread, broken. The wine, poured out. Together, we feast in a celebratory end.

Read More Community Communion Feast

Hurled from day into night I should have seen this coming Now, night turns into night one long sleep Until, at last, my eyes open It is not the sun illuminating my way It is the stars that cast the light I gaze longingly into the night sky I trust it’s promise to point me […]

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