Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark An immigrant’s story I know a good woman. I’ve known her for almost three years. The amount of paper involved in her case is more than two reams thick because hers is not a simple story. She is from a small nation in the Caribbean who met a man from …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark The Season’s approach The most often asked question at work this week? “What are you doing for Thanksgiving?”. It is a ritual every year as people share their plans, and sometimes their recipes, and some stories of holidays past. One of my colleagues was bemoaning the fact that her sister …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark Micah 6:8 This morning’s meditation from Richard Rohr addresses the old, entrenched way of our churches and their philosophies. The premise is that humanity is entering a new consciousness that will free us from the institutionalization of the church. I saved the meditation, along with a small number of other …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark A close encounter Yesterday Jan and I took a leap of faith and went to one of St. Luke’s Hospital’s medical office buildings. I had not been on that campus for decades – not since Jackie and Ted were born there in the 1980’s. I was surprised by how big …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark Today’s meditation Every morning I read a meditation by Father Richard Rohr out in New Mexico. He came to Albuquerque 35 years ago and started the Center for Action and Contemplation. It is a place where all things spiritual are given care and attention, where words both spoken and written …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark Words on a page I am a sucker for books, for the written word. Now that I am older I have opened my reading choices to include more non fiction books. Books about spirituality, about the Enneagram, about social issues – books about things that are important in my life. …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark What’s up, Arizona, Georgia, Nevada? This election is still not decided. That seems to be the trend from now on. I do remember the year that the Presidency’s fate was decided in Florida, or in the Supreme Court, or by bits of “hanging chad”. That was the year that Wanda …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark Necessary, but difficult Our racial justice learning group has just finished a great book called, “The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together”, by Heather McGhee. It’s a stunning book filled with information about the economic and social ravages of racism in the United …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark Results, anyone? I’m still confused about who won what in yesterday’s election – some of the races are too close to call. Georgia’s Senate race is one example. Herschel Walker was a great college football player but as President Obama says, “If you were at an airport with him, you …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark Something bigger Yesterday’s morning’s meditation from Richard Rohr speaks of our aching need to believe in Something bigger than we are. That’s a basic premise in 12 Step work – there’s Something that has more power than we ever dreamed of having, and that Something holds the key to personal …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark Constant Danger The other day I watched an HBO video on the days leading up to the air lift of thousands of people from Kabul, in Afghanistan. August 31, 2021, was the deadline for the US troops to be out of the country after a brutal 20 year war. The …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark Powerball madness Yesterday it would have been possible to win 1.2 billion dollars, which would have been a $500+ million cash out. Of course I bought the winning ticket, which I really did not believe. But if you don’t buy a ticket, what are your chances then? About as good …
Today’s Blog Lynn Murphy Mark Step Eleven It is November, the 11th month, and I gave a talk today about Step 11, one of the 12 Steps: “Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God, as we understood God, praying only for knowledge of God’s will for us and the power to …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark Collision course It’s no secret that every Monday morning, Rose and I get together for breakfast and then go to a meeting. We are regulars at the First Watch in Kirkwood, and have been for several years. We are not the only ones who have a routine – there is …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark Halloween A friend and I were discussing how commercial this day has become. Just like at Christmas, there are blow up figures in yards and Halloween orange lights strung over trees and bushes, and front doors with witches and skeletons. Last week my friend in assisted living was taken on …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark A fascinating world Yesterday started out as a regular work day. My coffee helped me wake up, I got in some steps, and I fought a little traffic on my way downtown to Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, in, actual Eastern Missouri. Nothing noteworthy there. I had my early list …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark Fall colors It’s that time of year when green miraculously turns into red, orange, umber, and yellow. There is a tree in Kirkwood that I see every Fall and it is absolutely a luminous deep yellow shade. I look forward to that tree when I’m in the area and my …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark Welcome to 70+ I am now 73, well beyond what I thought my life expectancy would be. Both parents died in their early 60’s, although they contributed to an early demise by smoking and drinking to excess. Other family members have lived well into their 80’s so I think my …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark All topics considered It’s a blog day, but I have no good ideas. God knows there are enough causes to blog about, enough injustice to write about, and plenty of past experiences. But as I told my friend, Rose, the other day over coffee, sometimes the inside of my head …
Today’s blog Lynn Murphy Mark “The Sum of Us” Last night our Racial Justice Learning Group, which has been going since August of 2020, finished a very powerful book. Heather McGhee is the author of “The Sum of Us” and she carried us into places and exposed us to facts that are living proof of …
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