Cancer–in both its presence and absence–had taught me the immeasurable value of today. Faith isn’t rooted in the past or the future. It’s birthed in how we approach and handle today. It’s the anchor that holds us firmly in this moment, allowing us the freedom to experience it and enjoy it regardless of the regrets […]
One Word Less For Lent 2015 – 1 (Still Saturday)
LIVE! Word Count: 1 All the One Word Less for Lent 2015 posts are bundled here. Live. Live now. Drink deep. Live deep. Live into this moment. Live forever. Because though they stretched Him out like a carcass, like a trophy, death could not hold Him. He roared and rose. HE’S ALIVE. Alleluia! […]
One Word Less For Lent 2015 – 7 (Still Saturday)
A flower or a weed? Your call. Word Count: 7 All the One Word Less for Lent 2015 posts are bundled here. In the stillness, Sandy Welcome to the Still Saturday Community where we pause after a busy week, move in quiet pilgrimage, maybe linger a while in some still place, and soak in the […]
One Word Less For Lent 2015 – 13 (Still Saturday)
Stuffing life with more things and distractions makes time feel shallower not deeper. ~Judith Shulevitz as quoted by Laura Boggess in Playdates with God: Having Childlike Faith in a Grown-up World Word Count: 13 All the One Word Less for Lent 2015 posts are bundled here. In the stillness, Sandy Welcome […]
One Less Word For Lent 2015 – 19 (Still Saturday)
Take note. “There is holy in the everyday moments . . . “There is resurrection in the hallowed corners of [your] life.” Word Count: 19 ~Laura Boggess, Playdates with God: Having a Childlike Faith in a Grown-up World All the One Word Less for Lent 2015 posts are bundled here. In the stillness. Sandy […]
One Word Less For Lent 2015 – 31 (Still Saturday)
But the artificial obvious is hard to see. My eyes account for less than one percent of the weight of my head; I’m bony and dense; I see what I expect. ~Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek Word Count: 31 All the One Word Less for Lent 2015 posts are bundled here. […]
One Less Word For Lent 2015 – 37 (Still Saturday)
“Jesus loved the secret places, getting out of the crowd, walking away to stop and enjoy the beauty of the creation, living each detail to its fullest knowing that our journey in this world can be short . . .” Word Count: 37 ~Jonathan Altmonte Graduate of Compassion’s Leadership Development Program (Jonathan was host […]
Still Saturday: When We Are Busy
God wants our attention in the midst of this hurried and busy world. He wants us to frame our lives around him and the moments he has created for us. We are busying ourselves to death. Our minds are lost. Our walk has been disturbed. God wants us to shed our desires, our stuff, […]
Still Saturday: The Beauty of Thy Peace
Dear Lord and Father of mankind, forgive our foolish ways; reclothe us in our rightful mind, in purer lives thy service find, in deeper reverence, praise. In simple trust like theirs who heard beside the Syrian sea the gracious calling of the Lord, let us, like them, without a word rise up and follow […]
Still Saturday: Leave Room for God
“As servants of God, we must learn to make room for Him–to give God ‘elbow room.’ We plan and figure and predict that this or that will happen, but forget to make room for God to come in as He chooses . . . Do not look for God to come in […]
