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A few months ago, I signed up for a virtual retreat hosted by Lindenwood Retreat Center. It started with a two-hour in-person retreat on Sunday afternoon when we were given a page of Bible verses to pray with and supplementary readings. We were to pray with these verses for at least 45 minutes each day […]
I’m continuing my blog post from yesterday, Holy Week: Holy Thursday and Good Friday. I woke up early on Holy Saturday with the idea of doing some more baking, but instead, I lay awake in bed and talked with God. When I say “talked with God,” what I mean is I prayed, listened, meditated, and […]
When I art journaled, I cut out weeks in calendars and painted whatever color the day felt like on each day. For example: If I did that now, these are the colors I’d paint the last few days: Color My Days: Holy Week 2024 Chrism Mass On Tuesday, March 26, I attended the Chrism Mass […]
Yesterday afternoon (3/23/24) I wrote a first draft of a poem based on the prayer I pray before and after receiving Communion. Translating a prayer to a poem is difficult because a prayer is much more than words. I will have to revise this before it captures the prayer. Prayer Before Receiving Communion Dear God, […]
This cover of Blue Flow by Ichiko Aoba has been stuck in my head for a few days. It is such a sweet, sad song with hopeful notes. The lyrics are in Japanese but the chorus, roughly translated, is: In this blue planet’s seasFeathers drift on the wavesThe fading sadness,A prayer for tomorrow I wrote […]
It’s 1:20 in the morning, Saturday, February 10th, 2024. I’ve been up since 11pm thinking (worrying), mostly about the workshop I’m going to today. I am so thankful I was able to go to Mass this morning and also so thankful that my job allows me the flexibility to go to weekday Mass sometimes and […]
I made another prayer poem video yesterday morning. I’m realizing all my poems are pretty long so I had to clip it down quite a bit. It is fun looking through the things I’ve written. I haven’t looked through them in a while. This one is from a longer poem, Hosea 11:4 or Cords of […]
Last Sunday, Father Mike introduced the concept of “The Jonah Test” in his homily and briefly outlined the story of Jonah. My notes for this part of the homily took the form of a hastily drawn, poorly rendered comic. (Please forgive the incorrect spellings or misunderstandings, I can’t google how to spell things during Mass […]
I’ve been experimenting with video editing on Canva recently in my volunteer work with the Pastorate. I love being able to combine images, video, and words in a visual narrative. So I decided to do this with one of the poems I wrote: Everyday Conversion. This short poem is about being reminded of God’s love […]
My husband Stuart has a fun job. His actual title: “IN Fire Manager / Conservation Practitioner,” while descriptive (he manages fire in Indiana and practices conservation) doesn’t mean a lot to most people. Instead, I variously refer to him as a wildland firefighter (though perhaps Firestarter is more accurate), botanist, ecologist, or restoration biologist depending […]
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