Surely one of life’s most satisfying pleasures is to cuddle up on a sofa or favorite reading chair with a good book. It nourishes both body and soul! There are all kinds of reasons to read, and my tastes and reading moods vary widely. Sometimes I want to be educated and inspired, but other times, […]
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Joy To The World!
Pause during this holy season As I get older, I’m learning to pause more often, especially when the world gets busier around me. I was helped in that effort this Christmas season by catching a rotten cold in the middle of December. I had to stop, rest and stay inside for several days. Much to […]
Is It Time To Cut Back This Christmas?
http://traffic.libsyn.com/considerthismoment/Program_469-Christmas.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download In recent years—especially when we’re not expecting our children or grandchildren to visit for Christmas—my husband and I find ourselves tempted to pare down the amount of decorating we do for the holidays. My guest, Connection Messenger* Annette Petrick shares her feelings about facing that situation. It’s amazing […]
Advent: The Season Of Breathless Anticipation
Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge […]
6 Power Tactics For Building Resilience In A Volatile World
I’m delighted to welcome guest blogger and executive coach Salma El-Shurafa. While her article is focused primarily on building professional resilience for dealing with the volatility in today’s workplace, I felt her tactics were also applicable to all of us who feel bruised and battered by life’s uncertainties and turmoil. I hope you’ll chime in […]
Thanksgiving’s Celebration Of Gratitude
Gratitude is an essential ingredient to the wholehearted life. Heartspeakers know this intuitively, and I’ve written of it often here at Heartspoken.com (CLICK HERE for these posts). Thanksgiving quotes to lift your spirits: To celebrate this special U.S. Holiday of Thanksgiving, I’m sharing a few of my favorite quotes about gratitude: “If the only prayer you said […]
Stillness, Be My Friend Today
So many voices compete inside my head— an echo chamber of deafening confusion: The obliger tyrant screams, “You must!” The inner critic scoffs, “You can’t!” The pleading child whines, “I need you!” The scolding parent judges, “You shouldn’t!” They are noise that pollutes my soul’s tranquility, […]
What Shall I Give God? Only All That I Am…
My guest blogger today is Karla Petty, whose article, originally titled “One Fool’s Offering. What’s Yours?” was featured in The Coracle blog a few months ago. It touched me at a time when I was struggling with my spiritual direction and feeling pulled by too many people in too many directions. It is such a fascinating […]