What has seemed out of reach for a long time finally came together and alive with mystery and grace, or as Gerard Manley Hopkins begins a poem “As kingfishers catch fire, dragonflies draw flame…
Where have you experienced “catching fire”?
Kingfisher
Transformation
“When we are able to fully release our need to control the outcome, thresholds become rich and graced places of transformation.” ~ Christine Valters Paintner
How do you open yourself to threshold grace?
Anew
“There is a time for stillness, for waiting for Christ as he makes his dancing way toward us. And there is a time to be in motion, to set out on a path, knowing that although God is everywhere, and always with us, we sometimes need a journey in order to meet God—and ourselves—anew.” ~ Jan Richardson, The Painted Prayerbook
What time is it?
Witnessing
“Witnessing is not about fixing something; witnessing is about entering into a relationship with what is and discovering the grace and gifts hidden there.” ~ Christine Valters Paintner
What gifts and grace have you discovered?
With the Eyes of the Heart 