Why I Write...

...because everyone has the potential to bloom! My passion is to engage persons in contemplative wonder and prayer so that they bloom within their ordinary, everyday lives with God’s great grace. Your life story unfolds within the Greatest Story Ever Told which shows how powerful words are! Each of us can blossom into people of hope and compassion!

You may have noticed my affinity for beautiful, fragrant, and brilliantly bold cherry blossoms. They are called sakura in Japan. These trees were originally native to various portions of Asia such as China, Japan, South Korea and India. Today we enjoy these amazing blooming trees in North American including our U.S. capital.

Cherry blossoms have traditionally aided persons to become contemplative as they stop to wonder at life. Admiration for the spring bloom of these blossoms dates back centuries in Japan and is known as a ceremonial tradition of hanami (cherry blossom-viewing). During the limited two-week bloom, the community gathers to consider the brilliance, fragility and transient nature of life. In other words, these unique beautiful blooms remind us in their time, to pay attention and be passionate about life’s brilliance!

Attentiveness and awareness could be like the front porch of our spiritual life with Christ. Without focus, we would miss where and how Jesus speaks with us through sacred scripture, music, natural world, or the gift of human relationships; and thus invites into making a home with Him.

Cherry blossoms serve for me, therefore, as a reminder to “pay attention” to Christ’s passion within my own life so that I can fully bloom as His grace shapes me. My prayer for you is that you too seek to deepen your relationship with Christ so that your witness and service to Him bears great fruit: bloom with passion!

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