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Uninspired

May 18, 2019May 18, 2019 / letthespiritin / Leave a comment

I am so pleased to be writing to you this week.  Really.  Because for a while there it looked like it might never happen. I didn’t worry about it Monday.  I had just written a post the Friday before.  There was plenty of time to be inspired.  Tuesday, I chaperoned a school trip.  I spent … Continue reading Uninspired

Mothers & Other Stuff

May 10, 2019 / letthespiritin / Leave a comment

As we approach Mother’s Day, I am always aware of how this is a difficult day for some – those who have lost their mothers, those who haven’t had good relationships with their mothers, those who have chosen not to become mothers and too often face society’s questioning of their choices, those who would love … Continue reading Mothers & Other Stuff

A Rebel Doing Nothing

May 5, 2019 / letthespiritin / Leave a comment

I had a glorious morning of sleeping in.  Since I am not a morning person, the 6 am alarm on school days for my son comes far too early. And weekends have not been much better, as I have had activities almost every day of every weekend for more than a month. While I loved … Continue reading A Rebel Doing Nothing

Happy Earth Day

April 22, 2019 / letthespiritin / Leave a comment

“I work at the intersection spirituality and ecology.” I must have said this a hundred time at our Savannah Earth Day Festival on Saturday, where I sponsored a booth and met many wonderful people who care about our environment. I don’t think many of them came to talk about spirituality or faith or religion or … Continue reading Happy Earth Day

The Power of (Someone Else’s) Prayer

April 16, 2019 / letthespiritin / Leave a comment

My feelings have been hurt lately, but that’s to be expected – I think I’ve hurt other people’s feelings as well.  I’m in the midst of a somewhat rough transition, and as much as I have tried to T.H.I.N.K.* before I speak, people inevitably feel hurt when things are changing, myself included. I have tried … Continue reading The Power of (Someone Else’s) Prayer

Words vs. the WORD

April 2, 2019 / letthespiritin / Leave a comment

So I’m working with a wonderful writing coach in a class on memoir trying to give myself accountability on writing regularly.  It’s supposed to be accountability for writing every day, but let’s be real here; it’s almost every day if we count blogging and sermon writing.  But the memoir project is coming along too, albeit … Continue reading Words vs. the WORD

Top Ten Ways a Flat Tire Can Lead to Good Spiritual Practice

March 29, 2019 / letthespiritin / Leave a comment

So, this is later than I anticipated this week, not in small part because I lost 2 hours of good work time sitting by the side of the road with a flat tire. I lost good work time, but found good spiritual time.  Here were my top ten spiritual thoughts as I sat and waited. … Continue reading Top Ten Ways a Flat Tire Can Lead to Good Spiritual Practice

First World Problems

March 20, 2019March 12, 2019 / letthespiritin / Leave a comment

Through the miracle of technology, I write to you from the beach in Curacao, where I am spending spring break with my family. But I’m only assuming that’s where I am, because I intend to schedule this post so that I can take a Lenten break from social media while I’m there. I would have … Continue reading First World Problems

The Persistent Squirrel

March 12, 2019March 12, 2019 / letthespiritin / Leave a comment

“The squirrels will eat you out of house and home,” my dad predicted when we told him we were putting bird feeders in our backyard.  He spoke from experience.  Living in the country in a cold climate, he routinely put out bird food to entertain my homebound mother. In the summer it was bird food … Continue reading The Persistent Squirrel

Not Dead for Lent

March 6, 2019 / letthespiritin / Leave a comment

So, some of you may have seen that I reworked my old website in order to combine my blog and website into the same place. I had been dreading it, but the looming deadline of having to pay for another year with my previous host finally pushed me over the edge. And you know what? … Continue reading Not Dead for Lent

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