Whenever I’m quiet enough to notice it – I am deeply connected to God and Goddess. Quiet moments when I’m physically alone (Sunday mornings, coffee at my neighborhood café, on a hike, on a plane), the nurturing voices of the Divine are present and downright loud. I hear them and it never occurs to me [...]
I don’t know what the headline should be this time . . .
The life I’m living right now and the place I find myself right now aren’t feeling very good. Even as I write that, I know that life itself IS good, it’s just not feeling very good to be in the place space in which I find myself right now. Why? Because I don’t know what I want [...]
The Serenity Prayer
The Serenity Prayer by Reinhold Niebuhr God, grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change; Courage to change the things I can; And Wisdom to know the difference. My first reaction after reading this prayer was, “Duh, how hard is it to know the difference between what you can change and what [...]
dwelling on my mental scrapbook
I think we all have a mental scrapbook of moments in our lives when what we did, who we were with and what went on in that one moment changes all the rest of our moments. And I wonder . . . was there a risk involved in each of those moments? I suspect there [...]
“the way it is with children”
Today I read an editorial on Anne Rice’s recent comment about no longer professing to be Christian. She claims to continue to be a “follower of Christ”, but rejects “being anti-gay, anti-feminist “. . . ultimately “anti-life.” . . . . her brief but brutal description of what Christianity has become. She refuses to allow the heart of her [...]
The Riskiest Risk a Risker Could Risk
Hello from my Manhattan hotel room, where I’m blogging before running off to see “Next To Normal”-a risk in and of itself, but that’s not what this blog is about! Today is my first wedding Anniversary! Some of you that know me know that this is my…ahem…. 4th first Anniversary. There. I said it. For [...]
The Surprise of Silence
I’ve heard it said that silence is God’s favorite language. Sort of a clever saying . . . but if you really think about it, what does it mean? I’ve taken myself to silent retreats in a variety of ways over the last few years. I’ve gone to national parks to hike alone, stay [...]
For Crying Out Loud
When Olympic skater Evan Lysacek won gold in men’s figure skating last week, he cried with joy. His coach, however, was embarrassed by such an outward show of emotion. Coach Frank Carroll was quoted in the New York Times as saying, “I kept wanting to say, ‘Stop it, just stop it.’ I’m very stoic in a [...]
Dawna’s Blog Risk #1
I am constantly amazed by the way Spirit/The Universe/God/Higher Power presents me with exactly what I want, but in ways I could never have predicted or imagined. I have recently revised my personal website (http://angelguided.com) and had made a commitment to begin my blog by the end of November. Knowing absolutely NOTHING about blogging (I [...]
