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Apple and Asking for Help
Apple Icon Good Evening, God! Here I am in a world of increasing technology . . . increasing complexity . . . and thank goodness, I am learning to Ask for Help! Today I called the Apple folks to find...
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The Joy of Praying with a friend
maidenhair fern in my front garden Good Morning, God! This dear maidenhair fern plant wasn’t placed quite right in my automatic watering setup — and when I got home in late November from my trip to...
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A Peaceful Day
Atherton Chapel on our way to Central Union’s main sanctuary Good Evening, God! I do love Central Union Church’s 7 a.m. service in Atherton Chapel . . . but we slept in this Sunday. So, we got to go...
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FULL of Feelings
Suzy’s living area Good Morning, God! This afternoon Kit and I fly off to Ft. Lauderdale to embark on a cruise with the Garrison Keillor ensemble. A truly joyful thing to do. And Kit and I are...
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Embraced by Love . . .
Good Morning, God! We all are surrounded by Your Love! ALL of us! I know my wonderful husband Kit is. And with this photo I can sort of see Your Love embracing him! Light, glorious Light . . ....
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Plumerias in Winter
Good Evening, God It is winter here in Hawaii . . . it is 75 right now and cloudy. This week the highs will be between 79 and 81 and the lows may hit 68! Hardly winter anywhere else . . . but here the...
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The blessings of being Tattered
Good Day, God! I hadn’t ever thought of being a bit “tattered” as being a blessing. But, yesterday sitting outside in the backyard of my Spiritual Director’s Makiki Heights home I glanced over at her...
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Our Inner Hearts
Good Morning, God Last week on a walk/jog up my valley I looked into the heart of a hibiscus. I thought about how You look into our hearts. This flower lasts for only a day. And I suppose, God, that...
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We are all earthenware cups
Good Day, God! I made this clay cup years ago . . . I intended it to be a Tree/Cup . . . but clay shrinks during firing and so the trunk is a bit small for my hand. Still, it is my creation and I...
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The Dark Side of “Forgiving”
Good Day, God! Forgiving is an incredibly powerful tool for good. That’s why it is so upsetting to me to hear it misused, misunderstood and misapplied. Forgiving is NOT forgetting Forgiving is NOT...
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A New Look at Blessing
Good Evening, God! Look what I stumbled upon! This Thanksgiving holiday I took it into my head to review, sort and donate some of my books. I have a lot of books. It took me all day to empty four book...
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Blessing myself — a new frontier
Good Evening, God! Today I began the “assignment” to BLESS myself. I started with blessing You and that helped me to better understand blessing. Before, I didn’t even know that I didn’t understand...
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Blessing My Body and Our Country
Good Evening, God! This afternoon, as I was doing my Centering Prayer, I fell into Blessing. I started with You. You are easy. The more I bless You, the more in awe I am of Your Complexity and of the...
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Blessing My Past
Good Evening, God! While going through some old notes I came across a quote or idea that said: We are to transform the Traumas of our past from Holes into Gateways for the Holy Spirit. WOW! That...
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Small Blessings and the Joy Factor
Good Day God! I’ve just discovered the JOY of writing with a brush! I’m not doing calligraphy . . . it is just that I am better able to express my feelings with a brush as I journal. And because I’m...
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A Bubble of Blessing
Good Day, God! I’m finding that Blessing people is becoming easier and easier. Today, while I was blessing a friend I had a fun thought which expanded a bit on the whole idea of Blessing. Into my mind...
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Blessing: a Light in the Darkness
Good Evening, God! My wonderful husband Kit has this very month retired from running the Honolulu Marathon. He says he is switching over to running half marathons (13.2 miles). And so, God, it is a...
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Blessing WHOM?
Good Afternoon, God! I wrote this blog in the 20 minute break at the Morning of Centering Prayer. It felt urgent, God. I’m beginning to understand that Blessing folks strengthens all that is good in...
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The Purpose of Evil
Good Evening, God! This election has been hard on me — a trauma. I’ve been SO UPSET. But finally I realized the horrible effect my response was having on me. Boy, God, that was an eyeopener! I had...
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The Importance of Prayer
“First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet...
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