IF We're Honest...

"And everyone has a heart that loves to hide..." ~ Francesca Battistelli's "If We’re Honest"

"Bring your brokenness, and I'll bring mine...

'Cause love can heal what hurt divides listen here

"Dark seems safer than the light... Don't pretend to be something that you're not"

"Everyone has a heart that loves to hide." ~ Francesca Battistelli

"Freedom's found when we lay our secrets down at the cross. " ~ Francesca Battistelli

"God if that's really true / Then let the truth be told" ~ "Truth Be Told" by Matthew West

"Honestly, it takes major surgery and much of our life to get head, heart, and body to put down their defenses..." ~ Richard Rohr p. 10 Breathing Under Water: Spirituality and the Twelve Steps

 listen to Francesca Battistelli here

"Jesus told us all to stay in the positionof a beggar, a petitioner, a radical dependent-- which is always spiritually true, if e are honest" p. 58 Breathing Under Water by Richard Rohr

"Knowin' that you love for me won't change" ~ Carly Pearce, Matthew West

"Love can heal what hurt divides, and. .." ~ Francesca Battistelli

"Mercy's waiting on the other side... if we're honest." ~ Francesca Battistelli

Nobody can get through 

On the other side 

Paul Hollywood : "...if I'm honest"

Quora calls that expression "profundity" hackneyed pronouncements 

Richard Rohr's Breathing Under Water: Spirituality and the Twelve Steps will be my next post

"So bring your brokenness, and I'll bring mine..."  ~ Francesca Battistelli

"Truth Be Told" by Matthew West listen here

"Under control but it's not / And you know it..." ~ Carly Pearce, Matthew West

"We've built walls nobody can get through." ~ Francesca Battistelli

eXamine my heart, Lord ~ Psalm 139

Zagarenski does it! again and again, and again

Happiness and Joy

Amazing grace, how sweet thou art ...

"Beloved" by Jordan Feliz listen here

Thank you Trish 😊 💓 

Don't Give The Enemy A Seat At Your Table (Chapters 1-2) - Louie Giglio link 

 "Even If He Doesn't (Week 1) - Lifepoint On Demand - Nov 16, 2021 begins with THE song that spoke so clearly to my heart, I could no longer ignore "I'm a child of God, yes I am!" listen here

Flora.phenomena link to image "seeds. the complete surrender of plants that they will be received by the earth. potential encapsulated. held in soil with grace and kindness.

lessons as autumn begins to wane. still in a mode of surrender myself. walking the tunnel, tending to the soil of my spirit."

God's Grace

"Happiness is like a cloud, or perhaps a bird—it comes and goes. Sometimes it’s elusive. Sometimes it falls in raindrops of joy. Sometimes you can see its potential before you experience it, like a storm building on the horizon. Sometimes it’s in something as simple as a cup of coffee." ~ Heidi Barr Heidi Barr

"I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual." – Henry David Thoreau

" still comes in the morning..." ~ "Alive and Breathing" by Matt Maher

Ken dove into Stonington harbor 11.18.21

 ❤ Look up and Lock eyes with the king" ~ Louie Giglio Don't Give The Enemy A Seat At Your Table

Mom off to Michigan for the week.

each New day is...

Positively Powerfull, Jean xo

Quote: "Happiness is an imaginary line in the sand." ~ Alchemyofwords

Reading Richard Rohr-s Breathing Under Water

Treasures in Jars of Clay: 2 Corinthians 4:7 Paul states beautifully that “we have this treasure in earthen vessels, so that the surpassing greatness of the power will be of God and not from ourselves.” 

Understand what is the treasure in earthen vessels (other translations say “jars of clay”).

Valerie Lorimer Contemporary Arts 

Why I Wake Early by Mary Oliver 

 18 Nov 2021

"...I stood still in the day’s eXquiste early morning light.." ~ Mary Oliver 

 thank you, Michelle 

 Zach Williams and Dolly Parton's "There was Jesus" listen here

Nov 8 through 13

"As Jesus put it, we see the splinter in our brother's or sister's eye and miss the log in our own (see Matthew 7:4-5). The whole deceptive games is revealed in that one brilliant line from Jesus." ~ Richard Rohr p. xxiv of Breathing Under Water 

"Better get a wiggle on" ~ Ruby GBBO

"Cosmic economy of grace." p.3

Dad's presence  with me always

Exhortation : emphatically urging someone to do something.

Friday off too...

Great to catch up with Lynette, Mark, and Jessie

"Hopefully be able to accept and even revel in this Cosmic economy of grace..."

"It is God's greatest surprise and God's constant disguise, but you only know it to be true by going through it and coming out the other side yourself." p. 3

John 17: Jesus' prayer to God on our behalf

Ken, Karen, Sue, Mom, and me for Mom's Birthday Breakfast at Noah's 

Lynette's birthday cartwheels 11/8/21

Mom's were done at Macondo: coffee, cartwheels and an all too quick visit with the Doyles 

"November loves the pilgrim soul in you and longs to erase the fretting from your frazzled face." ~ Sarah BanBreathnach Romancing the Ordinary 

"Praying" is changing our operating system!" ~ Richard Rohr p. xxx the Introduction of Breathing Under Water

 Quotes "juggernaut of flavors" ~ Paul Hollywood 

Richard Rohr's Breathing Under Water

Stonington Point and...

Titivate : make small enhancing alterations

"Utterly delicious" ~ Prue Leith on GBBO

Val from GBBO is now following me on Instagram 

"What If" by Matthew West listen here

You are an unceasing spiritual being with an eternal destiny in God's great universe.  There's no limit to where God's going to take us..." ~ Dallas Willard

More here

"Zany icing but we were looking for perfection. " Prue Leith 

Saturday, Nov 6 and Sunday Nov 7, 2021

Autumn shows us how to embrace change in glorious splendor. It reminds us to accept and flow with the change. Just like the falling leaves you have to let go in order to move forward, grow and heal. Periods of transition and change are often fraught with pain and crisis. Source

"An Old Fashioned Love Song" by Three Dog Night Saturday morning, Nov 6

 shelving at PLNL 6 Nov 2021  :)

"Be the reason somebody smiles today" ~ sign at Washington Street Coffee ☕ Nov 7, 2021

shelving at PLNL 6 Nov 2021:)

"Come What May" by We Are Messengers and Cory Asbury, and...

"Desert Moon" by Dennis DeYoung while listening both The Message and The Bridge 11/7/2021

Ezekiel 36:26 "I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh."

FRESH New London Mercer Street space: 

  

 All Souls NL UU "From Grief to Gratitude" 

Humor is Helpful too :)

 thanks Kristen, this made me smile 😃 

John Denver's Songs Illustrated by Christopher Canyon

Kris Macomber's leaf note caught my eye (and heart) ♥️ again :

source

May the light always find you on a dreary day. When you need to be home may you find a way. May you always have courage to take a chance. And may you never find frogs in your underpants! Nov 4, 2010

 All Souls email

shelving at PLNL 6 Nov 2021:)

Pawcatuck River looking toward Westerly 6 Nov 2021

Quintessential New England beauty #native lands

Rivers views: Thames, Mystic, Pawcatuck

"Side by Side and Soul by Soul" ~ Nov 7, 2021 UU Service

 thank you for sharing this, Ken

Valerie Lorimer Contemporary Arts

Washington Street Coffee House, New London, CT

 Sunday, Nov 7, 2021

"...eXtended journey, a trust walk, a gradual letting go, unlearning..." p.8 Breathing Under Water by Richard Rohr

 source

Zinnia at FRESH's Mercer St Garden. These two photos were taken on the same day and the flowers were very near each other:  

Recent "new-ish" words...

Aframomum melegueta is a species in the ginger family, [see "Z" below] closely related to cardamom. Its seeds are used as a spice; it imparts a pungent, black-pepper-like flavor with hints of citrus, commonly known as grains of paradise. Wikipedia 

Budgerigar a small gregarious Australian parakeet that in the wild is green with a yellow head. It is popular as a pet bird and has been bred in a variety of colors. p. 235  Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff

Cambozola : a type of German blue soft cheese with a rind like Camembert, produced using Gorgonzola blue mold.

Diptych: any object with two flat plates which form a pair, often attached by hinge.

Eschatology : the part of theology concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind... the science of last things. The name of one of Lotto's plays in Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff 10/1/21

Funicular is a type of cable railway system which connects points along a railway track laid on a steep slope. The system is characterized by two counterbalanced carriages permanently attached to opposite ends of a haulage cable, which is looped over a pulley at the upper end of the track. Wikipedia

Globus cruciger (see "I" below) source

Hallux : a person's big toe.

Infant Jesus of Prague is a 16th-century wax-coated wooden statue of the child Jesus holding a globus cruciger... Pious legends claim that the statue once belonged to Saint Teresa of Ávila. Wikipedia

Jaconde sponge is almond-flavored and made with whole eggs rather than the whites and yolks being beaten separately like other sponges. source

Kaizen : Japanese term direct translation means ‘change for the better’ Kimberly (GBBS) motivating factor for her bakes. click here to read more from a blogger who dedicated a post to this term

Luminosity : [our] intrinsic brightness p. 8

Mélange is any combination of anything, but the word always heightens the glamour quotient. 

"New words" in that I am seeing some of these in New ways, with New eyes"

"Opening Three Inner Spaces" subheading in Chapter 2 of Breathing Under Water by Richard Rohr

Palmiers :French pastry in a palm leaf shape or a butterfly shape, sometimes called palm leaves, invented in the beginning of the 20th century.  

Quadratus lumborum : 

 Thanks, Ken

Reconnecting Mind, Hear, and Body subheading in Chapter 3 of Breathing Under Water by Richard Rohr - found this video on YouTube

Savarin : a light ring-shaped cake made with yeast and soaked in liqueur-flavored syrup.

source

Treacle : molasses syrup but for some reason it makes me think of Harry Potter

Unctuous in this case Prue GBBS means "Abundant in organic materials, soft and rich." source

Vivisection : ruthlessly sharp and detailed criticism or analysis. I'd heard this word while listening to a podcast while on our adventure to Texas, but saw it in print when Martha sent me this NYT article

Wind-up-merchant (England, colloquial) Someone who enjoys winding others up in the sense of making fun of them or playing practical jokes. source

eXcavation : digging with the intent to expose to light

Yuzu is a citrus fruit and plant in the family Rutaceae of East Asian origin. Yuzu has been cultivated mainly in East Asia, though recently also in Australia, Spain, Italy and France. Wikipedia 

Zingiberaceae : the ginger family of flowering plants, the largest family of the order Zingiberales, containing about 56 genera and about 1,300 species. 

Hey God. Hey John. by John Roedel

"Art!" p. 81 "I feel like a glass that shattered...a thousand little pieces of me scattered everywhere...🙏🏼 turn my broken pieces into art. God: I'm on it. [JBL 😊] p. 81

"Ask the tough questions." p. 274 10/15/21 "It's all meant to be an Adventure." p.381

"Be grateful for all that is before you in this moment." p.276 Hey God. Hey John. by John Roedel 

"Breaking Down. Breaking Down."  p. 393

"Choose joy. Choose the garden." p.223

"Don't check out. Ask the tough questions..." p. 274

"Everything that I have made for you is marked with my initials" p. 276

"Forgive. Find a way to serve others without ego." P. 276 10/15/21

"Grieving is a profound human experience. It means that you have given a piece of your heart to someone else." p. 280

Here is how I'd like my day to go: p. 271

"It has been his mission to prove to the world that joy can push up through the cracks of a concrete heart, foggy mind or a ravaged body...

"Joy is like a wildflower that grows on a sidewalk. It always finds a way out." p. 266

"Keep sharing your life with me. Be present." ~ God p.274

"Lord, make me an instrument of your peace,

 where there is hatred, let me sow love;

where there is injury, pardon;

where there is doubt, faith;

where there is despair, hope;

where there is darkness, light;

where there is sadness joy." 

The Prayer of Saint Francis qtd. p. 75

"Mother's Day In Heaven" p. 135

"My hand in yours. Together. I'll lead you out into the light." ~ God p. 283

New Eyes: "... I'll give you new eyes to help you out...so that you can finally see yourself the way I see you: Beautiful.  Worthy. Brave. Forgiven. Come out. Come out. I love you. Come out." p. 126 10/7/21

"No, you are just the opposite! You are stitched together with nothing but hope!" p. 482 

"Nonetheless" pp. 95-6 [buy/find this book - look it up. So worth it!]

Only one worry left that you have any power over... How fearlessly you will love." p. 145 10/10/21 

"On Joy" p. 149  [buy/find this book - look it up. So worth it!]

"Peace Prayers" p. 75 "Parenthood " p. 155-6 "Practice" pp. 165-6 

"Quit giving fear power over your life." p. 76 "Quit pressing repeat on the same old mistakes." p.220

"Quit isolating yourself. Serve. Spread grace. Love with abandon. Forgive without hesitation. Build community. Find a way to ease the suffering of others. Get your hands messy in the business of loving your neighbor! These are my people. Treat them with care." ~ God p.291

"Rock bottom is always the best place to start looking for gold." p. 205

"Step One" p. 115 and "Scream Therapy" p. 183 and "Start climbing...

"Touch the Sun. Feel the light again." pp. 167-8 read these 2 pages again this morning and immediately did as instructed: 

 "Unstoppable" p. 326 "Unseen... Unlooking" p.339 10/18/21 Hey God. Hey John. By John Roedel

 Vulnerability is the topic of "There's No "if" About It" [...You will get hurt... Ugh"] p. 287

Where Is My Mind? p. 405 10/23/21 Wrong Question" p. 181 10/13/21

"EXit Interview" pp. 257-261 is one of my absolute favorites!!

"Yeah, next time you should definitely do that at home." from "Scream Therapy" p.184 10/12/21

"You're just finding your heart" p. 405 10/23/21 ❤ 

"Zzzzzzzzz" p. 351  Hey God. Hey John : What Happens When God Writes Back by John Roedel