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

Life can change in a moment. Yes, one minute things are moving along smoothly     and then all of a sudden     it all changes. Many years ago that happened to me. My youngest and I were just talking about it this morning. It was only a day before Christmas. Our home...

Shining Moments

Early in the morning     when everyone else sleeping      I tiptoed downstairs. The day had gone by too fast it seemed. All this racing back and forth. My soul longed for that holy quiet. I plugged in the Christmas tree lights. What joy      to see them filling the...

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

Do you ever want to run away      to a place of quiet and  peace? Does your heart ever long to get off the fast track     and onto the simpler path? Yes, today     while the world around me is pushing and pressing     counting down the days until Christmas     I am...