I’m an eternal optimist and recovering overdoer. I like to think I can do more than I can in the time that I have. I also like to believe things will go “right” with minimal snags. Life doesn’t always go as I want it to. So even though I set ambitious goals each year, IContinue reading “BREATHE”
Category Archives: Faith
2 Years of Lent
It has been two years since this COVIC-19 pandemic began. At the time, I was pastoring a local church and we were in the middle of the season of Lent. In many Christian traditions, Lent is the 40 day (plus Sundays) period before Easter. It is a time of reflection, confession, and a focus onContinue reading “2 Years of Lent”
Book Review: Life Together
Sometimes I pick up books from random places and don’t even remember picking the books up. Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer is one of those books. I’m sure it was the author’s name that caught my eye. An important theologian with quite a story, it seems odd that I haven’t read any of his writings.Continue reading “Book Review: Life Together”
Ideas for Taking Your Own Retreat
Recently, I was able to get away for a personal weekend retreat. For some, it seems like such a luxury (and I fully recognize that it is). Especially when you have small children, or are a single parent, the thought of spending 2 nights alone, in a quiet place seems like an unattainable dream. IContinue reading “Ideas for Taking Your Own Retreat”
My Winter Retreat
Last weekend, I had a chance to getaway for a couple of nights. There is a little place in the mountains that I have come to love. The Awakenings Center for Inner Healing and Empowerment is a non-profit retreat and healing center, with a main log cabin, garden, walking trails, and acres of woods. DeborahContinue reading “My Winter Retreat”
Just My Ashes
Today, my mood seems to match the mood of Ash Wednesday. It is in sharp contrast from how I felt at the start of the week – settled, full, certain. Today I feel full of doubt, uncertainty, dread. I feel as if I am swirling downward and am not sure how much longer I canContinue reading “Just My Ashes”
Book Review: Discernment
Reading Discernment is like listening to a wise mentor and sharing questions and conversation. Nouwen shares lessons on solitude, community, and figuring out truth.
A New Adventure!
Each year, so many people develop goals, set intentions, or make resolutions for a better year. Come February, many of us have already started to forget and lose our way. Since I’ve been setting personal goals for many years, I know I can teach others the goal setting life lessons I have learned and coach people toward their own success.
My 2022 Word of the Year
When it registered in my heart, I knew immediately it was right and true.
Letting Go
The Son brings forth the dance, the gracefulness, the delight in the letting go.
Rev. Kris Mares 