Author: Linda@heartponderings.com

This was written before the events of November 5. I hope you are practicing self-care. I practice through reading spiritual leaders with wisdom beyond my own and through contemplative writing … a form of prayer for me. Voice finds its…

A new commandment I give you. Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this, everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another. ~Jesus of Nazareth in John…

After awakening this morning at 3:30 to go to the bathroom, my hip (strained a muscle doing yard work) was hurting and I couldn’t go back to sleep. And so, I turned on the heating pad and the TV to…

Marguerite Ann (Schaedel) Rece … 12/5/34 – 6/13/24 As promised in my last post, I will share more about Margie’s life with the help of the obituary her oldest daughter, Julie, wrote … words that captured her mother’s spirit so…

In June, I lost another special friend, Margie Rece, to dementia. I’ve reached that time in life when loss is a frequent companion. My favorite picture of Margie from the 1980s. A Trip Down Memory Lane Margie and I met…

This journey of researching and sharing about developmentalists has been fun … a little like reliving my Seminary education. At UTS at the time, our curriculum centered around researching and writing … satisfying a curiosity in a subject area. I…

In my last post, I wrote about the experience of becoming a leader in my congregation. That experience set me on a path I never could have imagined. It was definitely Divinely guided. And it took some generous friends and…

The roots of my spiritual formation began before I started my seminary education. As an active member of my local congregation, I served on the Christian Education Committee, attended an in-depth weekly Bible study group, taught adult education classes, learned…

One of my readers contacted me outside this site. She forwarded me information on discernment that is used in a women’s prayer group she belongs to. This group has grown from 8 or 9 to around 45 women. They have…

Today we hear many people declaring that they are spiritual not religious. I am one of those people. For me, church and religion are not about dogma (principles concerning faith and morals proclaimed as true by an authority and/or the…