Seeking Wholeness

Half of life is showing up;

The other half is paying attention.

I seek to live both halves toward wholeness.

Denise Pyles, M.Div.

What is the focus of your journey?

Seeking God

is our heart’s deepest desire.

Live a life

of seeking God.

Denise Pyles, M.Div.

Listen to the Energy of God

Listen

with an energy

to respond to God

with all your being.

Denise Pyles, M.Div.

Meekness defined

Meekness refers to a gentle softness of spirit

and strength in our hearts where compassion may dwell.

Denise Pyles, M.Div.

Prayer for a Dawning Hope

Holy One of Infinite Love,

your fragrance of grace wafts upon us

like the scent of fresh rain upon blooming earth. 

 

As new life buds forth from the sacred soil,

nudge us to lean into the dark

with a waking heart and keen awareness

to your Spirit breaking forth like morning dawn -

re-creating us anew in love once more. 

 

May your blessing grow our hope

in the dawning of a new day,

a new season, a new moment.  Amen.

Denise Pyles, M.Div.

 

Something to Ponder this Day

Every day, do something, in attitude, thoughts or actions, 

to move you out the door toward something else or someone else. 

Make small steps toward hope – just this day.

Denise Pyles, M.Div.

Mother’s Day and Mothering God

Here is something to ponder on this Mother’s Day.  This quote is from Pope John Paul I in his papal address at St. Peter’s Square in 1978.

“God is our father; even more,

God is our mother…

if children are ill…

or they are sick with badness

and are on the wrong track…

they have an additional claim

to be loved by their mother….”

 

May all of us, women and men who are made in the image and likeness of God, live in the nurturing love of the Spirit.  May we be enveloped by the love of God who is both father and mother, sister and brother, grandfather and grandmother  – lover of us all.  This week and every week of our lives, may we dwell in the love of God.

Denise Pyles, M.Div.

Genuine Hospitality at its Best

We are called to provide

a hospitality of love

that empowers others

to be their best, genuine self

full alive in God.

Denise Pyles, M.Div.

Cradled in Love

We are cradled in love

by a God who knows

every fiber of our being.

Denise Pyles, M.Div.

Compassion

Something to ponder….

 

Compassion is not predictable.

It always demands a response -

most often a call to conversion.

Denise Pyles, M.Div.