Author: Linda@heartponderings.com

Blessings to You and Yours as we Celebrate moments when Divine Love Lights Our Lives Linda

As I reflected on this journey shared with you in four parts, I couldn’t help but notice the similarities to the journey I began in 1983 … when the pain was so great I knew in my bones there must…

This is the 3rd segment of my 4-part story of discovery. This segment takes place at Serpent Mound, the largest effigy mound on earth, recently approved as a UNESCO World Heritage site, joining the Pyramids of Giza, Stonehenge, and Machu…

Grief is not the bottom line here, only the alchemical fire. Transfiguration is the bottom line. ~Cynthia Bourgeault in Eye of the Heart: A Spiritual Journey into the Imaginal Realm In my journey to understand my patterns, I encountered a giant…

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…