Author: calledtobealive

Class of 69, called to be alive! 😊🎶Getting ready to head back to Dubuque, Iowa where Carol and I will gather with classmates and significant others for our Class of […]

Led by the SpiritFor Life’s utmostAnchored in a faith groupfor life on the coast Window at Clatsop Plains Pioneer Presbyterian Church, Warrenton, Oregon. Designed and created by Andrea Mullins Weir

O God, you have called your pilgrim people  to ventures of which we cannot see the ending,  by paths as yet untrodden. Give us faith to go out with good […]

Once in a whileI experience a fear of missing outon a dream to take music on the road Then I have the experience like I did yesterdaywhen together with friends […]

With a celebration of our country’s birth July is fast approaching. The life of our nation and of all countries around the globe is drawn from the health & well-being […]

How incredibly astounding that even when I can’t visit the forests, hike the mountains,  or walk along ocean shores I can see and rejoice in the handiwork of our maker […]

I went to his door again today101 and still not donepraying for another day’s work if he mayas we watched his donkey grazing in the sun

First it was a sleeping machineThen it became clear I need aids to hearNow I have to have a pacemaker implanted Laugh as I may, all this prompts todaybig feelings […]

This holiday weekend gives me pause to ponderwhy in the midst of so many distractions I yearnfor some hard task to quite my mind and make me whole But doesn’t […]

Celebrating the Spirit of Lovewith simple words and gentle acts of kindness,a year-around language all can understand