by Norma Thatcher | Feb 21, 2021 | Inspirational, Love, Spiritual
This story has waited for three years. God’s time says today is the day to tell it. During the Christmas season of 2017, my cousin Beth emailed me with thanks. She began, “Thank you for empowering me to speak.” Beth had attended a Christmas gathering of an interfaith...
by Norma Thatcher | Feb 7, 2021 | Inspirational, Spiritual
In times of deep darkness, we not only need light —we need to be light for one another. – Parker J. Palmer Forgive me if I’m repeating myself from a past blog, but my favorite public space in my home is the smallest room in the house, the breakfast room, just off the...
by Norma Thatcher | Jan 24, 2021 | Prayers, Spiritual
I wrote the below prayer around fifteen years ago. I’ve occasionally dusted it off, revised the final paragraph to suit a particular time or need (such as Lent), and shared it with some folks. It’s actually an embodied prayer in that it has specific body...
by Norma Thatcher | Dec 12, 2020 | Christmas, Inspirational, Spiritual
It’s my tradition to buy a few truly meaningful Christmas ornaments for my daughter and her husband and present them at Thanksgiving. This year I found a ball that had gold-leaf applied against a brilliant aqua background. It resembles a globe which relates to my...
by Norma Thatcher | Nov 22, 2020 | Inspirational, Spiritual, Thought provoking
Writer Sue Monk Kidd authored a lovely article on mindfulness way back in September 1997. It appeared in a Christian quarterly journal called Weavings. She said that when she began to observe her interactions with others to discover just how available she made...
by Norma Thatcher | Oct 16, 2020 | Inspirational, Interesting information, Spiritual, Thought provoking
It’s been nearly four years since I shared with my readers in “A Permanent Mark” that if asked for a motto that is important to me, it is this: It never hurts to ask. Because if you ask and the answer is NO, you’re no worse off than before you asked....