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....

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, ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have. Hebrews 13:5 In the traditional yoga sacred writings we find the spiritual guidelines called the NIYAMAS. One of these niyamas is SANTOSHA- the art of contentment, feeling at ease, at peace...

DESIRING WHAT GOD DESIRES FOR ME Our first week of Lent begins on Wednesday. For many of us this journey toward spiritual growth might start with the tradition of having a cross of ashes placed on our forehead and hearing the words “Repent and believe in the gospel”....

Hey Friends, how do you feel about the month of February? Have you ever heard anyone say, "I absolutely love the month of February"? I personally think that February is Mother Nature's worst practical joke ever! And maybe that is what is contributing to my mood on...

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...

For me, one of the upsides of this past year has been more time to pray, read, journal, and meditate. An over-riding spiritual theme that has been coursing through these practices has been an awakening to how small I and, I dare say, most of us have made The Divine...

FEELING DRAINED AND A BIT EMPTY THESE DAYS? While I would never say that yoga alone will fill you back up, I certainly believe that a relationship with the Divine Mystery can do just that! We are made to be in relationship with our Creator and when we deny or ignore...

BE STILL AND KNOW THAT I AM GOD   Psalm 46:10 Pause. Be Still.  Breathe in God’s breath, God’s energy, God’s peace.  Being still is a challenge.  We do not live in a world that supports stillness, but our yoga practice certainly does.  We begin and end our yoga...