Author: calledtobealive

Strange and wonderful—this season of AdventWaiting on the Word made flesh, our voice is awakened and the child In us comes alive

Seize a Sacred Momentand Dance on Holy Ground Every day there are precious moments when we canbreathe the Spirit of God in deeply,kick off our shoes, and dance before the […]

When tears came on Whidbey Island where I had moved to start my life over after my first wife of nearly forty years had died suddenly, I breathed deeply, rested […]

Strolling above the beach on a summer day offa colleague told of a chance encounterwith a person who looked out on the ocean and said: “Look at the view! Just […]

There’s something about singing—Be it a birthday jingle for a grandchildor an anthem for some grand celebration,by singing I enter the love song that flows like a river

Reading Gerard Manley Hopkin’s sonnetGod’s GrandeurI take heart in the eternal freshness of nature I have watched God’s grandeur rise from my ownfeeling crushedhave trod and trod, yet my soul […]

Like a tree I am a slow, enduring force reaching toward the heavensGiving til every leaf falls off,forever rooted in the promise of new life

Away from my many books this morningI pondered just how much of what I’ve readhave I retained and to what end? I may be like a little library to those […]

The journey toward a healthier planetbegins on a path made by our own mistakesand continues today when we lovinglycall Earth our Mother

Mary’s story is my story and probably your story too. Told not to be afraid., try something new, we are called to bear God’s goodness beyond what we first think […]