Past (hidden) AHJTL Posts

For an Older Audience Forty-five years later and I’m still hoping to be one of the Do-Bees (Do-Be). You know, from Romper Room. To be affirmed, to be accepted, to feel loved and interconnected with others. Yes, that’s still what I long for. I still desire to follow the rules, but now the rules are […]

Yes Sometimes the most powerful prayer is “yes” and so, Dear One, that is my prayer to you. Yes that you may touch my hurt, the hurt so deep I’ve yet to face and feel it, the hurt hidden behind fear, fear of what is bound to come and what is yet to know. Fear […]

So Far I have drifted so far from church that I have lost touch with the liturgical seasons and the markers that distinguish ordinary time. When was Pentecost this year? I miss wearing red and dancing/singing  in the flow of the Holy Spirit. I miss hearing the familiar readings and perhaps receiving a fleeting reinvigoration, […]

Deeper I think about the woman at the well and how Jesus engaged her with dignity and respect, connected with her as an equal – fully human, fully divine, how he loved her freely and completely  with warmth, affection and endearment. I think about how Jesus loved his dear friend John, how he would stroke John’s hair as they […]

The Student It took only a few days for him to become restless. There was still roast beef left over from the great party. And after the days and weeks wore on,  his ability to engage in the affairs of the family business waned, later and later getting into the fields, later and later staying […]