The Newsletters
Sometimes, I write. And I want to share some of the little nuggets that I write, with you.
The Love of Christ Made Visible
We've all been saddened by the pictures coming out of Ukraine and perhaps felt helpless, asking how can we possibly make a difference in the suffering of our brothers and sisters whose lives have been permanently changed by the senseless Russian invasion? The humanity...
Lenten Yoga Series 1: Desiring What God Desires for Me
Our Christian yoga season began last week on Ash Wednesday. For many of us this journey toward spiritual growth may have started with the tradition of having a cross of ashes placed on our forehead and hearing the words “Repent and believe in the gospel”. The ashes...
Lent From a Child’s Perspective
Last week I picked my three grandkids up from school, and over Graeder’s ice cream cones I mentioned to them that Lent was coming up soon. Oh, my goodness, the protests that spilled forth! There was a loud “Oh no!” and an “I don’t like Lent” and a few other...
Stealing Time and Other Things
Remember, yoga was never meant to just be a physical practice, as it has largely become in the western world. We know this by studying the Yoga Sutras, the traditional yoga text that describes the yoga philosophy and way of life. The sutras describe an eightfold path...
Get Quiet And Listen
Speak Lord, your servant is listening. - 1Sameul 3:10 My hope is that you will always find Fully Alive Yoga to be a place where you can just show up as you are and not as how you think you should be. Where you are comfortable practicing in the body God created...
A New Road Traveled
One of my favorite thoughts to reflect on this time of year is from Fulton Sheen, who said that it should be no surprise that the magi returned home by another route, for no one comes to Christand goes back the same way! I absolutely love this thought. Perhaps this...
Boat Dock and God
Let's face it, we tend to be spiritual drifters from time to time. As I sat this morning to pray and meditate I realized how far from my Dock I have drifted the last few weeks, bouncing around in my lifeboat distracted by travel and other issues. The Divine...
Who are our Teachers?
I recently spent a week in California with Rex's siblings and one thing I can always count on when we travel together is that I am going to learn something. On this trip I learned to navigate around the area on an electric-assist bicycle and how to play pickle-ball....
Trusting our Futures
I Have Rushed Ahead And Cancelled My Future! Has anyone else wondered what you will do on Saturdays this fall without college football? I love it and I am really going to miss it! I am personally finding it a bit difficult these days to stay focused on each day, ...
Judging Ourselves
Are You Your Own Worst Critic? Psalm 139 is arguably on of the most beautiful psalms. Just listen to these verses from The Passion Translation: You formed my innermost being, shaping my delicate inside and my intricate outside, and wove them all together in my...
It’s Never Been About Flexibility
Then, after singing a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. Mk 14:26 This last sentence from the story of the Last Supper stuck with me, as perhaps the last line of a story is meant to do. The story told was of Jesus preparing and sharing the gift of the Holy...
Judgment
Are You In Charge Of The Scales Of Judgment? “Refuse to be a critic full of bias toward others, and judgment will not be passed on you..Why would you focus on the flaw in someone else’s life and yet fail to notice the glaring flaws of your own? How could you say to...
Vine and Branches
I am The Vine, you are the branches. l love this image of the vine wrapped all around the branch. Intrinsically connected and interwoven. Inseparable. ************* I was talking to a friend this morning about our lives as followers of Christ. I was sharing with her...
The Same Power
From biblical accounts we know that the resurrection caused some dramatic changes in the lives of Jesus’ followers. It’s undeniable. Our liturgical readings the past few weeks were full of accounts of their new boldness and strength. Peter, who was likely still...
Doubting Thomas
Lessons I Have Learned From Doubting Thomas On Sunday I attended a Confirmation Service at a local Episcopalian Church. Speaking to the Confirmation Candidates, the Bishop used the story of doubting Thomas to remind them that their faith journey need not be cut and...
Mindful Living
It’s important to take time to reflect – and I take some of that time here. Feel free to read about what I’ve been learning, and share your thoughts with me, too!
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