We are almost back to “real life”….in the past two weeks, there have been lots of holidays and celebrations. I spent lots of time celebrating with family and friends, and I also took some time to rest, relax, and recharge. I don’t know about you, but I don’t find a lot of “rest time” in… Continue reading It’s a new beginning. Did you rest and recharge?
Tag: quiet
Have you prepared the way?
I know, I know….Christmas is in a few days. Who is prepared? There is baking, cooking, cleaning, wrapping, shopping, traveling….all things to do. Those all sound like I’m preparing, and I am. I’m preparing for Christmas with my family and I travel to them so I am getting my house in order to leave it… Continue reading Have you prepared the way?
How well do you hold your peace?
See? My mind is full of ‘loaded’ questions this week. Maybe the question is “How do you hold your peace when the world around you is chaotic?”. That could really describe all of us at one moment or another. The simple answer to how to hold your peace isn’t simple at all. You practice. It… Continue reading How well do you hold your peace?
There is peace in the quiet, have you found yours?
When I started down this road in 2023, I felt like God was telling me the name of this blog, but it was already taken so I had to be creative with words that mean something to me, maybe to you too. Peace and quiet are often hard-won challenges and neither of them come easily.… Continue reading There is peace in the quiet, have you found yours?
Listen to the sound of silence.
I made my first silent retreat in 2004. It’s been 20 years that I have been spending a weekend (or two) away each year just to spend time praying with God. The first few times I went, it wasn’t as peaceful as it is now, you must practice the silence of mind and heart, it… Continue reading Listen to the sound of silence.