This past Monday, November 10th, I had what I have called a Monastic Monday. I wasn’t planning for it because I had too much to do. There are times when these days come upon me and all I can make myself do it be silent and pray. Somehow on this past Monday, I managed to … Continue reading Musings from a Monastic Monday
The year has flown by and once again we find ourselves at Autumn. I have always enjoyed Autumn, especially as a child growing up in North Carolina where summer and its humidity seemed to last so long. Autumn brought bright sunny days amid the crisp fall temperatures and even though the leaves of the trees were … Continue reading Thanksgiving Comes Again, 2025
I wrote something along these lines and posted it here several years ago, but my life has changed dramatically since I first wrote it. Yours has too, I imagine. So, I find myself revisiting my thoughts for different congregations and different groups of people. I invite you to join me and ponder as well, in … Continue reading Feeling the Spirit…These Days
It is late afternoon coffee time for me, a time of ritual for most days when I get home from a day of whatever demands my time and energy. It is a time of quiet, of calm, of reclaiming the peace and presence of the sacred settling in my soul. It is a time, a … Continue reading If I Could Give You a Marigold
For the first time in my ministry, I did not make a big deal about today being Laetare Sunday—the pink Sunday of Lent. This is the Sunday in Lent for lessening of the strictness of fasting, the Sunday for rejoicing. I just didn’t have it in me. I wore my pink stole and didn’t mention it. … Continue reading I Wore My Pink Stole and Didn’t Mention It
prayers of my heart, a collection of articles and writings by C. Alicia Randolph 