Retreat Reflections on Commune
This week, Kimberly Todd came across this passage and shared it. Is this not beautifully fitting for the Velvet Ashes Retreat weekend, for us, the daughters of the new Israel? Jeremiah 23:3-4 “‘Then I myself will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have dispersed them, and will bring […]
It’s Time to Commune
I moved around my house picking up toys and sweeping crumbs. My students were coming over soon for class. Outwardly, I tried to keep calm, even as I tossed toys in the closet with more force that was needed. My heart pounded. My mind swirled. We had just received news that to me was writing […]
Commune: In the Breaking
My treasured friend, gifted and strong, came undone. Like a lovely piece of pottery knocked from her shelf, she shattered into shards. As she lay on the ground in pieces, gasping for relief, her Creator was at work. Every single sliver was tenderly picked up, preserved, and artfully arranged into a beautiful mosaic. In the […]
Sometimes We Can’t Feed Ourselves.
It was a sunny summer morning and I was sitting outside with my morning cup of tea to my right and my bible in my lap. If you walked by at a distance, it looked like a peaceful scene. Woman reading while sipping tea. How quaint. How lovely. How inaccurate. I was so internally stirred […]
Communion Pizza and an Invitation
The bread I make most often is pizza crust. Every Sunday evening, the four of us pile onto our couch to commune with homemade pizza and a family movie projected on our pink living-room wall. It’s a sacred ritual, and if we bump that, there is weeping and gnashing of teeth. From the kids, too. […]