mercy me
“Mary of Magdala came to the tomb...while it was still dark and saw the stone removed from the tomb…” John 20:1. Hmmm...after so much chaos, which brought fear and hiding to even the bravest of souls, the one who came first to the tomb, the “apostola apostolorum”--apostle to the Apostles-- Mary of Magdala, saw our risen Lord, then shared the good news with all. Just as Eve "brought" something bad to Adam with the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, so Mary M
dawn
Dawn: the moment from darkness to life-giving light. While traveling, I recently watched the movie 33 about the Chilean miners who were trapped underground for 69 days and the heroic attempt made by so many to free them. The miners were buried alive and, unless someone came to their rescue, they would have surely died. I could not help but wonder how many people I encounter daily who, spiritually speaking, are in the exact same spot, but may not even realize it? They are aliv
pray for us
We walked to the gardens but, because of the rain, we had to duck inside the museum. Damp, cold and feeling disappointed at not being able to stroll amongst the emerging buds, I blazed past thousands of years of artistry dedicated to kings and gods long since forgotten. Downcast, I turned a corner and came to an abrupt halt. There she was. I was stopped in my tracks as she was exactly my size. I was face to face with “Hagiosoritissa,” the Blessed Virgin with hands outstretche
ten
“We tend to overestimate what we can accomplish in two years and underestimate what we can accomplish in ten...think long.” --Mark Batterson. We just celebrated my daughter’s tenth birthday, as a result, I am very aware of a decade of time passing, this particular period was very near and dear to my heart! I cannot believe how much has changed in the last ten years in the world at large, and for me personally. In the world: The verb "to google" entered the Oxford English Dict
mates
Hand in hand, heart to heart, lips to lips. Last week I shared with you from Shaunti Feldhahn’s For Women Only, that, when polled, men stated that what they really wanted from their other half was RESPECT (see men 101), but next in line, according to her research, you guessed it, was intimate physical union with their wife, better known as sex. :) (And I cannot emphasize this enough according to certain sources. And I want to state up front, I am speaking about this in the co
