Posted February 21, 2015 in Sacred Stories

Bidden or Unbidden

It was early when she crawled into bed. Her husband pushed the bedroom door closed, so he would not disturb her, but when a text message popped in on her phone, he peeked into the room and discovered she was still awake.

“Would you like me to bring your phone in to you?” he […]

Posted February 14, 2015 in Sacred Stories

Loved Beyond Measure

She was so depressed she could not see herself going on. She doused herself with gasoline, got into her car in the garage, struck a match, and was ablaze!

A voice boomed in her head,“OPEN THE DOOR AND GET OUT OF THE CAR!”

Somehow, she did just that and survived being burned over 85 […]

Posted February 7, 2015 in Sacred Stories

Unseen Helping Hands

During a Healing Touch session, the practitioner kept having “monkey” pop into mind. Finally, a question, “Does monkey mean something significant to you?” led to a cathartic sharing of a childhood trauma in which the client’s adored Curious George stuffed animal had been thrown away. The child perspective was that had been done maliciously, by […]

Posted January 31, 2015 in Sacred Stories

Black Ice

It was still dark when they loaded up the car, pulled out of the garage, and headed toward the highway. They were on their way to a visit with their grandchildren.

About twenty minutes from home, as he was passing a slower moving vehicle, a third driver pulled into the far left lane passing […]

Posted January 24, 2015 in Sacred Stories

Snowy Miracle

Her client had been looking for just the right one, and she had finally found it for him. It was a Christmas gift for his wife, and Christmas was just two days away. It finally was ready! Snow was falling as she loaded the precious painting into the back seat of her van, buckled it […]

Posted January 17, 2015 in Sacred Stories

Angel Encounter

Many years ago, a neighbor who was our good friend passed away. A few months later, his wife and I and our children were visiting his grave. While she and I stood at his grave, our young children were running around, as children do when they are bored. My two oldest ones, who were 4 […]

Posted January 10, 2015 in Sacred Stories

The Amulet

The dove and feather amulet hung on her rear view mirror. The dove hung at one end, and the feather hung at the other. It had never (not ever!) flipped over. That is, not until that day.

Somehow she knew it was significant, but she really had no idea what it meant.

She could […]

Posted January 3, 2015 in Sacred Stories

Guidance

She had recently moved to the country from the city. She was not really sure about the water quality at her new home, so she said a little prayer, asking that she be shown if she should use the tap water or buy purified water for drinking.

Heading to the grocery store, she heard […]

Posted December 27, 2014 in Sacred Stories

Mints!

He loved the white-with-red-stripes, soft, sugary mints. And he loved her. She loved him, too, but since she worked as a dietician, his gifted sweets went directly into a drawer, never eaten….

His premature death ended more than his gifting of mints, it also ended her sense of joy.

Then the mints started […]

Posted December 20, 2014 in Sacred Stories

The Right John

She was facing surgery to remove an aggressive mass from her abdomen. Feeling a bit desperate, she sent off a quick email asking for help. She gave him her cell phone number as she was logging off and making the hour drive to work.

Moments later, he called, quickly giving her some suggestions. […]