Posted in Spirituality on 30 October 2007 | 6 Comments »
Thanks to those of you who promised prayers…I’ve been trying to figure out what I could write about considering what I’ve been going through lately. It’s hard when things get worse before they get better, but I am grateful for my firm belief that things will get better.
One small tidbit…I’ve prayed Psalm 51 many times, [...]
Posted in Random thoughts on 24 October 2007 | 4 Comments »
Let me apologize in advance if I don’t keep up with this blog much over the next few weeks…I will check in, but not always with a substantive reflection. The truth is, I’m just feeling completely swamped, and my anxiety level is sky high. It hasn’t helped that the abstract submission system I was supposed [...]
Posted in Random thoughts on 21 October 2007 | 10 Comments »
Okay, so I had a few requests for this photo…I may add more to this post later, but am in the middle of a meeting at the moment.
Later…Incidentally, some of our nuns told me that this really was a standard haircut in the days of the full habit, when longer hair would have just made [...]
Posted in Spirituality on 18 October 2007 | 5 Comments »
I find it amazing indeed how willing God is to show up.
I’ve been in a bit of a funk lately, a combination of things, I guess… work stress and the anxiety that goes with that. I’d been experiencing a dryness in my prayer - the image I was having of my prayer was one of [...]
Posted in Techie Stuff on 14 October 2007 | 2 Comments »
Well, if I were REALLY a smart geek, I would know better than to count on technology working properly when I REALLY need it to. I dutifully turned on my computer a few minutes before 7:30 tonight, only to find out that our course management server was down, and I had no way to contact [...]
Posted in Techie Stuff on 13 October 2007 | No Comments »
I’ve been at the Tau Beta Pi convention the last couple of days. Tau Beta Pi is the National Honor Society for engineering. Since the convention was local this year, I thought I’d attend. It was nice being around such a large group of intelligent, enthusiastic young men and women - yes, there were [...]
Posted in Spirituality on 10 October 2007 | 1 Comment »
These days, I’ve been praying with the Gospel of John, Chapter 15. There’s so much to ponder here, but the phrase that really grabs me (I use the Jerusalem Bible translation) is where Jesus says, “Make your home in me as I make mine in you.”
Jesus making his home in me…now that seems pretty intimate [...]
Posted in Random thoughts on 7 October 2007 | 12 Comments »
My prayers are with the people of Crandon, Wisconsin after a shooting spree by a sheriff’s deputy, of all people. What is this world coming to? Apparently, the shooter is also dead, so we may never know what caused him to do this horrendous thing.
I’m reminded of a song by Judy Small, written after the [...]
Posted in Random thoughts on 5 October 2007 | 2 Comments »
Gosh, it has been a busy week…just thought I’d check in with you.
I’ve got a whole lot to do over the weekend, fortunately not quite as much as last weekend…
Here’s an update on my resolution to reduce my carbon footprint…Since classes started in early September, I’ve taken the car to work an average of less [...]
Posted in Spirituality on 2 October 2007 | 5 Comments »
In a comment on my last post, DJC asked me, “How did you find God in your life?” In thinking how I might reply in a few words, two thoughts occurred to me. One answer is that it’s not so much me finding God as letting God find me. And the other is that [...]
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