Living in a home with books all around (even flooding the closest), you often find treasures. Words that speak from pages right when you needed an escape into a novel, or a poem widening your perspective, or soft gentle…

These I call surprise blessings!

cheers! —To courage and vulnerability, and the pathways to sharing your voice through writing.

Gratefulness to Henri Nouwen, Amy Carmichael, Haruki Murakami, and Michelle Otero.

These four authors have been an ongoing and welcoming of influences in my journey of exploration with writing. I praise them for their bravery to be vulnerable and give of themselves through the voice of writing, sharing their honest lives, vocations, and I will say souls for others to be moved…

—Are you anticipating warmer weather soon? While we wait “picking up one of John Muir’s stories the First Summer in the Sierra has been a slow read and great choice. What I found in reading these descriptions…”

—Are you looking for inspiration and deep connectedness between faith and art? Luci Shaw’s writings Breath for the Bones will inspire…

—Is unity possible or worthwhile pursuing? a follow up on last month’s study on peace —offering the question Is Peace and Unity Possible? (I’m still wrestling with THE question to ask, or questions to keep asking)…

Peace —wholeness and well-being in all areas of life

• A Topical study on the word “peace” within the pages of Scripture are telling. This past month, I found myself wanting an expansion of heart and life with this theme.

• He Calls Me Friend, by John M. Perkins “Sometimes I’m asked, What should we do? How can we make a difference? Won’t you join me, friend?” by John M. Perkins

• LOVE KINDNESS. A must read friends. Challenges and gleanings …