Archive for June 2020

June 20, 2020 DAILY READING Psalm 98:1-6 FIELD NOTES I first remember hearing “How Great Thou Art” on my grandparent’s enclosed back porch. It was the only space in the house large enough to hold Ma’s upright grand piano. My grandfather, Pa, sang in the choir, so on Sunday mornings after breakfast he would warm-up his…

June 19, 2020 DAILY READING Lamentations 3:23 FIELD NOTES Each night as we fall to sleep, we yield up our lives to the grace of God.  We might not give that a thought!  As children, we prayed, “Now I lay me down to sleep. I pray the Lord my soul to keep.  If I should…

June 18, 2020 DAILY READING Psalm 139:7-18 FIELD NOTES “The word is “resonance.” Prayer is actually setting out a tuning fork. All you can really do in the spiritual life is get tuned to receive the always present message… All we can really do is return the gaze. Then, as Meister Eckhart so perfectly said,…

June 17, 2020 DAILY READING Romans 8:38-39 FIELD NOTES How does the fruit of the Holy Spirit grow within me? There are days when I am ‘walking in his footsteps’ and days when I am in the desert without being able to see any footsteps to follow.  He is still there.   ‘A hundred years…

June 16, 2020 DAILY READING Psalm 51:7-15 FIELD NOTES When I remember that God initiates my very breath, I am so grateful for my life…for the gift of being alive.  God’s promises are never broken. I wish I could say the same for mine.  I make requests of God in intercessory prayer…I praise the beauty…

June 15, 2020 DAILY READING Lamentations 3:21-23 FIELD NOTES During the time that we have been tucked away at home to avoid COVID-19, I have found myself wandering around the house singing.  It is something I have always done, but much more so lately.  This week of writing is addressing the spiritual fruit of faithfulness. …

June 13, 2020 DAILY READING Matthew 5:16 FIELD NOTES This week, we’re going to dive deeply into the next Fruit of the Spirit: goodness. To set it apart, we’ll be framing it as generosity. Imagining together one distinct way we can exhibit generosity – or goodness – in our lives. To be truly generous, we…

June 12, 2020 DAILY READING 1 John 3:17 FIELD NOTES This week, we’re going to dive deeply into the next Fruit of the Spirit: goodness. To set it apart, we’ll be framing it as generosity. Imagining together one distinct way we can exhibit generosity – or goodness – in our lives. To be truly generous,…

June 11, 2020 DAILY READING 1 Thessalonians 5:18 FIELD NOTES This week, we’re going to dive deeply into the next Fruit of the Spirit: goodness. To set it apart, we’ll be framing it as generosity. Imagining together one distinct way we can exhibit generosity – or goodness – in our lives. To be truly generous,…