Tag: fear

From the Daily Sip: Fear

January 7, 2018 2 Comments

The vulnerability of life is pain, and the worry about pain is fear.

Intentional Imperfection

October 6, 2017 No Comments

I’ve written before about the importance of imperfection. Lately I’ve been thinking about it more and more.

Tonight I was watching a video on how to knit a fair-isle sweater by a woman who has been knitting longer than she could read, her mothers and grandmothers all knitted. It was how they earned money for the household, and how they could barter for goods, and how they kept their families warm.

By the time she made the video she was a grandmother […]

Even Amidst the Storm

August 9, 2017 2 Comments

…we don’t choose trust as a formula to get what we want. Despite our faithfulness, terrible things will occasionally happen. Instead, we trust restorative Love because that is who we have become, and that is the way we relate to the world, even in the bleakest of circumstances.

Speaking to the Soul: Fear and welcome

February 6, 2017 No Comments

“But they did not understand what he was saying and were afraid to ask him.” (Mark 9:32)

Speaking to the Soul: Storms of Fear

January 27, 2017 No Comments

“When he saw that they were straining at the oars against an adverse wind, he
came towards them early in the morning, walking on the sea.” Mark 6:47-56

The sea walker calms
wind and waves
of restless sleepless nights.
Bringing the sunrise
out of the cloudbanks on the horizon of fear.

Ann Fontaine is a retired priest living on the Oregon Coast. She blogs at What the Tide Brings In and shares a sometimes daily reflection on Facebook at Streams of Mercy.

Image: Boat in the storm by […]

Speaking to the Soul: Abide in Me

January 5, 2017 4 Comments

a loving community in which we can be ourselves fully helps us to live into wholeness and freedom, into who we most deeply are.

Speaking to the Soul: Persistent Confusion

November 22, 2016 No Comments

The thing that struck me about the disciples, however, it that no matter how confused they get they still act. They continue to follow Jesus and he continues to upset their preconceived notions of what he should be doing

Speaking to the Soul: Don’t Be Captain Obvious

November 13, 2016 1 Comment

It is all too easy to look at what is right in front of us and believe that there’s nothing else. But, we might learn more about what’s really valuable by examining what we don’t see, never noticed, or what has come and gone.

Speaking to the Soul: Looking for the Holy Spirit

October 27, 2016 3 Comments

Belonging to Christ is a very real, life-changing state of being, something not to be hidden away. We must speak our truth.

Speaking to the Soul: A Climate of Fear

October 15, 2016 3 Comments

I keep looking to Jesus and hoping to hear that “Don’t be afraid.” It’s all I really have to cling to. Somehow, I hope my faith in that one simple statement will be enough.

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