Dear Friends, To the woman who took off her shoes and outer sweatshirt, to stretch out in the sunny, 56 degree, CT afternoon today: Thank you. Thank you for listening to the wind and waves at Mercy by the Sea, thank you for looking…
Dear Friends, You’ve been on my mind… I hope you’ve made the time for staring out the window, watching the birds dance across the sky. Or walking alongside a lake or stream, listening to life in its fullness…. I hope you’ve made the time…
Dear Friends, I asked a friend to pray for me. And in the space of time that emails take, I thought about my request more closely. In asking for another’s thoughts/intentions/love, I was admitting my own vulnerability/hurt/need. But more than that, I was opening…
Dear Friends, Before January 2024 comes to an end, I wanted to reach out and offer my affection and respect for each of you. It is a privilege to share my thoughts and efforts to choose hope with you on a monthly basis. In…
Dear Friends, This Glimmer may seem longer than usual, but that’s only because I’ve included Jan Richardson’s wonderful “Blessing for the Longest Night.” Jan prefers the form of left side margins for the entire piece, so we acknowledge the longest night with the longest…
Dear Friends, On this last day of November, let us prepare to enter the mystery of Advent, a time of holy waiting and surrender. I offer the idea that Advent is a “thin place” in our time on the planet, where wonder exists and…
Dear Friends, “Are you there, God? It’s me, Margaret.” Asked in the quiet of her bedroom or in the panic in her heart, 11 year old Margaret poses a question that many of us have today. Whether we are wandering in the Land of…
Dear Friends, Today, September 21, is the 44th birthday of our first child. This year is special, as he anticipates the arrival of his first child, and we consider the miracle of our first grandchild. My mind returns to the overwhelming experience of childbirth…
Dear Friends, I watched a leaf swirl to the ground this morning. Even in the midst of summer-like heat and humidity, the trees know…. the season of “letting go” is coming our way. What sort of whispering inhabits your heart in the quiet mornings,…
Dear Friends, It has been a wonderful summer at Lake Beseck, I hope your life had space for play and for sunrises, for creativity and for hope. I’ve had a good summer, it’s not over yet, but there’s this invention – they call…