Happy New Year

New year happens differently for each of us, in unique ways. September always feels like the beginning of the new year because a new school year begins, and our Jewish brothers and sisters celebrate then. Late October feels like the beginning of the new year because Fall Quilt Market and new commitments that happen there, …

Prayer, Conversation & Quilting

Sometime before my Sweetie and I married I had deep dad-daughter conversation that's stuck with me all this time. He was apologizing for all the hard stuff that'd happened in our lives and home and that he wished it hadn't happened. I told him at the time that those experiences made me who I am, …

Gifts, Talents, and Usefulness

You know, sometimes God brings people to mind, something they said, or did that holds some nugget of truth that speaks to where you are in this moment. Shortly after Rich Mullins died Twenty the Countdown Magazine (link to full show notes) had an entire show remembering Rich, his music, and his faith. Over the …

Filling Up, Dryness, and sticking with it

Feast of St Teresa of CalcuttaIt is not as difficult to imagine living for a long, long period of time in spiritual dryness, with no spiritual consolations, no external/internal experience of God and yet, at the same time living a life wholly, fully in love of the One that you know exists, and Loves you …

I will praise You in the storm

From the storm on Sunday June 30 along I-84 in NY When I was little I remember either my parents or grandparents telling me that thunder is the angels bowling and the lightning is a strike. This was oddly comforting and made the storms something of a treasure as they didn't come quite so often. …

From Admonition to Invitation

Luke 10: 38-42 As they continued their journey he entered a village where a woman whose name was Martha welcomed him. She had a sister named Mary [who] sat beside the Lord at his feet listening to him speak. Martha, burdened with much serving, came to him and said, “Lord, do you not care that …

Boldness in Prayer, in Life

Matthew 20: 17 - 28 Blessed is She Reflection I've had this post open waiting for the right moment when things come together for a good writing session. The thing is, I'll probably write part of this now and finish it in a day or three. When all the words come together in a cohesive …

Forty Days of Prayer for Quilters: Day 15

Lectio Divina is the practice of divine reading where in we read, meditate, contemplate, and orate. We listen for a word, a phrase to contemplate, to live with. In a small group setting a discussion is part of the experience; alone I journal. After an experience in prayer the other night I started thinking about …

Pray for us now…

I want to begin this post with, "Thank you" for your prayerful support through this year. I am grateful for each person who has taken a moment to lift both public and private intentions on my behalf to the Lord. You all have helped me through some challenging moments, and allowed me to see and …

God Gives us Friends

Wanderlost Every craft, skill, profession has a beginning, someone who started doing something that eventually led to a business, that led to an industry. I don't know who the first quilter was, or what prompted them to begin cutting up fabric, stitching it together, adding batting and a backing however I'm grateful. Grateful, and warm. …