Years ago, when I first started working as a pastor in churches, I asked new people that I met what they did for a living. The question seemed less intrusive than what I considered a more personal question like whether they were married or if they had children. Also, because I was single, I didn’t …
READINGS In talking about Psalm 23, Cole Arthur Riley states in her book, This Here Flesh: “I find it beautiful that in the face of terror, G-d doesn’t bid us toward courage as we might pereive it. Instead, [G-d] draws us toward fear’s essential sister, rest – a sister who is not meant to replace …
“It’s not about how successful we are right now, but what we aim at that is most important.”
~Mingyur Rinpoche, “The Easy Middle”
Your past and your “future” collide co-exist intersect in the NOW. What does it mean to focus on now? If you choose NOW over past or future, You will be Present. ©2021 Present, JRobin Whitley All Rights Reserved
The raspberry vine speaks to me. The first story she told me was of her beloved Monica. Monica Pombo was from Brazil and my partner’s wife. Monica planted the raspberries, the blueberries, and blackberries so that my partner and their son would have fruit for food when she died. The raspberry vine tells me she …
