Posted May 10, 2020 in Sacred Stories

Satellites!

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He is not very religious. He grew up Roman Catholic, and even went to Catholic School, but by college he says he was done with the Vatican.

Every evening he goes out to look for satellites and when he sees one, he prays gratitude to God who gave us the […]

Posted April 29, 2020 in Sacred Stories

Directions in Antwerp

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She had recently moved to Antwerp, Belgium, to begin her student teaching in the American School.

Antwerp is the capital of Antwerp province in the Flemish Region. As in all Flemish provinces, the official and standard language of the Antwerp province is Dutch. Common with Flemish Brabant, North Brabant and […]

Posted April 27, 2020 in Sacred Stories

Closed Captioning

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The heart has its reasons which reason knows nothing of… We know the truth not only by the reason, but by the heart. ~ Blaise Pascal

The student was on a sailboat in a very remote location on the coast of the Baja Peninsula in Mexico.

The teacher—who is deaf—was […]

Posted April 27, 2020 in Sacred Stories

Messenger

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A woman was sharing the origin of the grief journey group that had gathered for the first time via ZOOM. This group had been meeting for about twenty years.

The group had been started to support a man, with a young son, following the transition of his wife. He had […]

Posted April 27, 2020 in Sacred Stories

Dance Studio

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For 85 years, the Baker School of Dance had held a themed annual recital.

May 3, 2020’s scheduled recital theme was “All You Need is Love.”

Due to COVID-19, the recital was cancelled. The dance studio sits empty.

In the window of the empty studio is listed the names of all […]

Posted April 26, 2020 in Sacred Stories

Aaron

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She was hosting a ZOOM workshop, listening to one of the teacher’s closing instructions.

The face of the teacher was “spotlighted.” The teacher’s face was the large image, filling her entire screen.

Her mic was off, and she was recording the audio using “voice memo” on her iPhone.

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Posted April 13, 2020 in Sacred Stories

Breath of Christ

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Divorce was looming in his future. It was a rough time in his life.

Dreaming one night, he had a vision of Christ.

Calling him by name, Christ offered him blessed assurance, “Everything is going to be alright.”

In the dream, Christ blew into his face.

Waking from […]

Posted April 13, 2020 in Sacred Stories

A Godfather’s Visit

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He was a young man when his godfather passed.

The young man worked a 3-11 shift, and about 12 or 12:30 he crawled into bed.

He felt the weight of a man sit down at the edge of his bed and he felt a touch on his leg.

The […]

Posted November 24, 2019 in Debra’s Wellness Tips

Why Do I Eat?

Debra’s Wellness Tips

An article in HealthCurrents Fall 2019 titled “Why Do I Eat?” offers some very easy telling points to curbing emotional eating habits.

Physical hunger builds gradually, occurs several hours after a meal, goes away when full, changes to a feeling of satisfaction and is resolved by eating.

Emotional […]

Posted November 21, 2019 in Sacred Stories

Nips

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When I sat six boxes of Nips on the counter at the local Walgreens, the cashier said, “You must really like these.”

“I can’t easily get them while I am in Florida, so I like to stock up. They are only 30 calories. A great way to calm cravings,” I […]