Navigating Life's Waves: Anchored in Prayer

Author: Gabriella Cahaley

September Offerings

As summer flowers wilt and the wind whips the yellowing leaves across the lawn, children are headed back to school. The neighborhood became quieter. The

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Celebrating Spring

In my opinion, dogwoods are the loveliest flowering trees. I delight seeing them emerge from green buds into beautiful white flowers. It only takes a

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In Need of Prayer

This morning, while walking this sweet hymn, “I am standing in the need of prayer” came to mind. As soon as I got home, I

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Mourning

In this short Life that only lasts an hour How much – how little – is within our power Emily Dickenson Psychology Today article “Grieving the

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Joy in the spring

Daffodilsby William WordsworthI wandered lonely as a cloudThat floats on high o’er vales and hills,When all at once I saw a crowd,A host, of golden

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January 2016

Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end. ~Seneca New beginnings have so much promise. That is why we love celebrating New Years. I

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A New Year

January 16 and 17 I attended a Prayer Bead Retreat at Camp MInnescah. It could not have been a more beautiful weekend. Twenty women gathered

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Camping

My enthusiasm for Camp Mennoscah has deep roots.  Roots that go back to my childhood. The very word camp brings back memories of my years

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Biophilia

The chaos of purging, sorting, packing and moving across 4 states to Kansas is a memory. It seems a life time ago. that I was

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Awakening

It was still dark when I woke up, more than an hour before my usual time around sunrise. I sat in the darkened living room

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Taizé Worship

Taizé Worship The Taizé worship is not simply a style of worship but a humble way of connecting to the divine involving the whole person

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Becoming

In our courtyard orange and grapefruit trees bear flowers and fruit at the same time. It is amazing and wonderful. The scent of the orange

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About Bridges

Wherever I walk or happen to be, anything may beckon me to take a picture. Sunrises and sunsets still catch my eye but lately, trails,

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