Grace Upon Grace

Too much has been happening to even catch you up.  Obviously my spiritual discipline of on-line journaling has been slack ;-)

What I do know is God is speaking and I am listening.

Marcus Borg was wonderful to listen to.

The Women's Retreat I co-facilitated was an awesome experience.

Bible Study continues to challenge me.

Embrace The Journey is affirming my own call.

I am learning to say no, to step back, to watch and learn.

Finals are due this week.

Next class starts this Saturday.

My last church visit was nothing less than amazing - how I would love to be deployed to that church.  WOW!  Talk about hands and feet moving in this world, about the church proclaiming the gospel and living the truth.  Great people, ALL are welcome and invited.  It is the first time I have been inside a historic church that is practicing radical progressive Christianity.  They have done what all the statistics say a mainline church can't do.  Love to them and prayers of continued grace in this world.

I can't believe I almost forgot to mention my first time serving on the altar with my bishop.  Another WOW!  I felt the movement of the Spirit.  I felt the power.  My new rector knelt and prayed at the altar for her celebration of new ministry and she moved us from here to there, to the in between.  The veil was lifted and we were all together, generations of believers gathered in praise of thanksgiving. 

My soul is at peace.  Nothing can ruffle me right now - and believe me somethings have tried.  But I am in the spiritual zone.  I am abiding and living into the will of I AM as they have been meaning me to abide.  I fear not, for the Lord is with me.  I am completely present and embracing the moment, the love, the almighty power.

God is so good!

This Is Why

On this Shrove Tuesday as I prepare for Lent to begin tomorrow - this is why I do what I do: Watch this Video from 60 minutes: Hard Times Generation.

This is my call.  No child should strive to be invisible.  This is an invisible epidemic - and we can go to bed tonight and forget we ever watched this video.  But tomorrow I will wake up, receive my ashes and remember from dust I came and to dust I will return and in the meantime I will serve these children and share with them how beloved, treasured and sacred they are in God's eyes.