It’s an unusually cold night here in Abadiania, Brazil! For the only time in my five visits since 2004, the town is almost empty. It’s Saturday; the day that many people end their two-week stay here at one of the B & B’s (pousada, in Portuguese) that host them when they come from all over … Continue reading
Learning to trust the inner voice, (or Inner Voice) is natural to some people, but a learned skill for most. In the beginning the Voice can seem like just another thought amidst the LA Freeway Traffic Jam of the Mind. Yet something about it catches our attention: perhaps the thought is novel in some way, … Continue reading
One night on our recent Brazil trip with guides Bob Dinga and Diana Rose, Rev. Paul Funfsinn held a communion service in his large room. 27 people from our group crammed into his room, with a few in the doorway and just outside. Valentina, a wonderful “angel lady” who has been especially blessed (along with … Continue reading
There are times in your life when you can see everything coming together in a way that is so perfect and so fluid that you can only stand aside and watch the pieces fall into place, knowing that only divine Grace could so direct the play. Two years ago, on the night after my mentor … Continue reading