I want to be a conduit of God's grace rather than a participant in the fear of "not enough."

And in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make. - Lennon & McCartney

This reflection offers a way for us to explore the inevitability of death and what is important to us in the light of our mortality. The contemplation asks us to question what we are doing in our life at this very moment and to see what is important for us to do in order to prepare for death. 

The dying well paradox: contemplating death compels our living a fully engaged life now, and living a fully engaged life now is the best preparation for death. 

A blessing is simply calling attention to a particularly special quality or characteristic in someone you love and encouraging that trait into greater realization. Embedded within a blessing is the transformative power to heal old wounds, reframe past failures, and set a course for future destiny.   

“When we genuinely forgive, we set a prisoner free and then discover that the prisoner we set free was us.”  - Lewis Smedes

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”  - Maya Angelou

"There would have been more I love yous, more I’m sorrys, but mostly, given another shot at life, I would seize every minute, look at it and really see it, live it, and never give it back." -  Erma Bombeck 

"The acid test for any theology is this: Is the God presented one that can be loved, heart, soul, mind, and strength? " -  Dallas Willard

"Our story is the most precious thing we have, Our lives depend on it."  - Thomas Moore