Past (hidden) AHJTL Posts

On the Day I Die Oh loving God, let the day I die be familiar. Let me recall at least one dear memory. Let me be present with at least one person who loves me. Let me feel you with me, Sweet Jesus, my friend. Let me surrender all to you, as I have begged […]

Discipline It’s a spiritual discipline, to nurture an open spirit … to pause and notice how a very particular component of this world is loving you, what it is inviting you to learn, to grow,  to receive that you may share, like absolute beauty and wonder, or kindness, or gentle affection. These opportunity moments are […]

A New Creation I didn’t create you to be grateful. I didn’t create you to praise me. I didn’t create you to be my hands to serve others or to fix what’s wrong in this world. I created you to share myself. I cannot be contained. I cannot be limited. I created you to enter […]

Firefly Buddy I want to be a firefly buddy with Jesus. One among too many to count letting the light of God flow through them, and without that light, invisible, non-existent. Even one flicker on one evening is so precious, glorious. I would give up everything to love like that. I would have everything if […]

Right to Die He was there when Joseph died. Word had reached him in time to return home, to be a consoling presence to his mother, his father, and those who would mourn his passing. It can be clear that there is a time for death, and this clarity comes through the graces of faith, […]