This year we did our word choice as a family of 3 (well Oliver too, but he did not have anything to share). After a season of doing life splintered…. then a season of timid together … we are starting this new year in a season of connected. And to start was New Years and … More 2025: Shannon’s Word ~ Mystery
Happy New Year! 2025, what a time to be alive? My first post of this new year… my first post in quite some time… the focus is my word of the year. But for starters I want to acknowledge the posture I am holding and using to pray over my life. A perspective I hope … More 2025: Purpose
July 17, 2010 our wedding day with the colors so carefully selected: black and white with touches of red. And at 14 years that has turned out to be just right. Black: Cystic Fibrosis, Advanced Lung Disease, Pain Medication Dependency, Career Balancing, Infertility, Family Relations, Denied for Adoption, Transplant Rejection, Financial Challenges from Medical Complications… … More Black & White with Touches of Red Over 14 Years
Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time:“He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has saved you. Go in peace and be cured of your affliction.” Mark 5:34✝️ When we come to Jesus, bring him all our sin, messy stuff, burdens and lost causes- this act of faith will bring the peace we need. “So he was not … More Sunday Reflections: June 30 & July 6, 2024
As we enter July I am in awe of how this year has unfolded. At the start, I did not know the plans, did not anticipate some of the shifts, and could not see how questions were going to form into answers. And yet we have a new chapter underway, changes in approaches taking shape, … More July: God Can Use It All
Did you know there can be jealousy in failed dreams? Have you ever experienced envy for the way someone else misfortune is playing out? How about in the midst of your own? That was reality for myself and following the story of Jessica Hanna, “Blessed by Cancer”. And as the Catholic community mourns the loss … More Divine Mercy is Here for The Taking
Happy Easter my sweet friends! There are so many aspects of this season that I just love. Starting with Lent. Is there a better set of stories to remind us that Jesus came to be fully human and surrounded himself with a crazy bunch of them? If you have wondered if and where you belong … More We are a People of Easter
Dear God, Thank you for the most beautiful gift I received this March 8- another trip around the sun. Lately the message that we each are created so incredibly unique and for this very moment in time that we find ourselves has found me often. So as I welcome 39 it seems extremely fitting to … More Dear God, It’s Me – Jackie
A very distinct childhood memory is of driving home all together in the family car, in the evenings, listening to 97.1 soft rock from 70s, 80s, 90s and today. It is so vivid I can close my eyes and get back there instantly. Some of us asleep, but I was always leaning on the window … More Driving through the Decades
“The Spirit drove Jesus out into the desert, and he remained in the desert for forty days, tempted by Satan. He was among wild beasts, and the angels ministered to him.” Mark 1:12✝️ Battling it out with temptation…. Being alone… facing uncertainty and despair may seem odd coming from God, but the truth is it … More First Sunday if Lent: February 18, 2024
Have A Little Faith in We 