Category Archives: Living Love Through the Practice of Presence
Sacred Presence–Who We Are
What is your relationship to Jesus these days? It’s a question that comes up, surprisingly NOT at the door from someone wishing to proselytize me into their religion, but from Unitarian Universalist friends. Christian and Christianity are words that belong … Continue reading
Every One–Sacred Presence
It’s happened to me, again, twice this year. The first time it happened was in 1987. After a very long day of trying to induce childbirth, Lydia ended up in a surgical unit having a C-section to bring our first … Continue reading
A Few Moments of True Presence
When I go on vacation, I often wonder about the houses I see. What would it be like to live in that house? To wake up every morning in the middle of this paradise? To walk out of my front … Continue reading
Embrace
My Mother and I walk through the empty farmhouse. It has been several years since my Grandmother died, and my Mother and her sisters are selling their family farm. The farmhouse is silent, somber, stripped of its furnishings. Everything has … Continue reading
Benny
On this especially rainy Tuesday, I am feeling down and out, trying to recover from a weather-related migraine, as well as a recent bipolar -related hospital stay. My bright, orange ray of sunshine of a cat named Benny is keeping … Continue reading