Author: calledtobealive

How can I learn to better care for creation?One way is to simply step into nature and pay attentionCreation has so much to teach us!

“Very Good”That was the seventh dayvoiced with a loving look at all of creation And how very good indeed that we be bornin the likeness of Divine’s capacityto delight and […]

I feel the welling up of Spirit in me today!Like the well house that sends fresh waterto our Brenden Woods neighborhood,the Spirit stirs us like a spring within, enliveningand empowering […]

Gathered together at Maple Ridge Assisted Livingwe were stirred to cheer so that everyone knew“We’ve got the Spirit! How about you!” 🎉🔥🙏

Growing older we best be explorersWhen memory fadestake heart and move into another intensity Like Carol gifting her mom for her 96th birthdaya new phone with pictures of her loved […]

I pray my aging heart be like a weathered mailbox,open to give up and receive what makes me newall the days of my life

I took a breathtook air in enoughto respect and listen to others Giving them spaceto express their beliefsand those shared values we hold as sacred

How do I welcome youGuest of my heart?Do I pay attention to youOffer you a cup of teaEnter into communication?Or do I leave you sitting aloneWhile I go busily onwardFeeling […]

Like the Ancient Greeks we live in a time ofvibrant ideas and mind-spinning advancementbut in morning devotions comes this age-old question:What satisfies the persistent longing in our hearts?

How easy it proved to be to strum my little instrument in song for folks in need of some “pick-me-up” And when politics & aging threaten to infuriateand it feels […]