Presence: Experiencing the Nearness of God

# 191 - Presence in a Mea Culpa 11.07.2018 10:20 ↓

I Lost my cool with my daughter as we were in our second to last day of our trip. And God helped me to see where I was wrong and for what I needed to apologize to her.

# 190 - Presence Two Times by the Beach 10.07.2018 10:07 ↓

I sit by the water twice today - first by myself at lunch time and then later with the dance families at sunset.

# 189 - Presence in "Dios Esta Aqui" 09.07.2018 12:49 ↓

I worship in a Spanish mass and am reminded of the breadth of the Church and the People of God.

# 188 - Presence in Listening & Driving South 08.07.2018 7:13 ↓

I listen to the 3rd and 4th quarter final World Cup Games as I drive South to Florida.

# 187 - Presence Watching the World Cup in the Embassy 07.07.2018 9:58 ↓

Today I enjoyed watching two quarter final games with other soccer fans at the Embassy Suites during breakfast.

# 186 - Presence in the Escape Room 06.07.2018 8:02 ↓

On a hot day of vacation we went indoors to play a simulation game to solve puzzles and get out of an escape room.

# 185 - Presence in Owls & Fireflies 05.07.2018 8:57 ↓

On the 4th of July dusk I had an enchanted time in a park interacting with a trio of owls and many fireflies.

# 184 - Presence in "Kiki's Place" 04.07.2018 9:06 ↓

I watch the first episode of my sister in law's video project with story telling puppets and am awed by the creativity. See the Facebook page for the podcast for a link to it.

# 183 - Presence Laughing with my Inlaws 03.07.2018 12:08 ↓

It's the first full day of my vacation with my inlaws and we celebrated and laughed and then laughed some more...

# 182 - Presence in Bishop Barron & The Simpsons 02.07.2018 9:16 ↓

I drove most of today to begin our summer vacation and two podcasts made me think and laugh as we traveled.

# 181 - Presence in a Sensational Match 01.07.2018 7:27 ↓

Yesterday's game between France and Argentina was beyond amazing.

# 180 - Presence in Ending with Soccer 30.06.2018 11:38 ↓

My Summer Gym adventure for 2048 wrapped up today. It was hot, yet I was happy to enjoy our last activity - playing the beautiful game.

# 179 - Presence in Canoeing and Hiking 29.06.2018 9:34 ↓

It was the penultimate day of Summer Gym and we had a wonderful day canoeing and then hiking a bit too.

# 178 - Presence in a Beautiful Day in Our Metropark 28.06.2018 9:26 ↓

During Summer Gym we get out to a third great Metropark - Scioto Audubon on a spectacular day!

# 177 - Presence in Argentina's Cup Salvation 27.06.2018 11:56 ↓

I reflect on the amazing game today when kept Argentina alive in the World Cup and how soccer is the sport most demanding of attentiveness to the present moment.

# 176 - Presence in Teaching About Cricket 26.06.2018 9:55 ↓

In Summer Gym I had fun teaching how to play cricket and watching my students learn about and play something they'd not done before.

# 175 - Presence in Praying for Compassion and not Cruelty 25.06.2018 8:02 ↓

The mass I went to had a prayer for us and our nation to act with compassion and not cruelty toward migrants at the Southern Border.

# 174 - Presence in the Celebration of Dawn's Life 24.06.2018 11:08 ↓

Today we celebrated and said goodbye to a dear person, Dawn.

# 173 - Presence in the Dead Battery at the Street Fair 23.06.2018 7:44 ↓

My phone battery died and I looked around at a monthly street fair in my town and felt and saw God all around me.

# 172 - Presence in Bollywood Fitness 23.06.2018 8:07 ↓

It's the first day of Summer Gym B and we danced at lunch time with a Bollywood fitness DVD. Much joy was had by all!

# 171 - Presence in Rest 21.06.2018 5:58 ↓

I have a much needed day off at the midpoint of our Summer Gym program and experience God in this rest.

# 170 - Presence in the Beauty of the Cup & Cruelty at the Border 20.06.2018 11:08 ↓

I am struck by the contrast of the two main stories in the news today and seek to find God's Presence in both.

# 169 - Presence in a Summer Gym Walk in the Woods 19.06.2018 6:48 ↓

Day six of. The first session of Summer Gym and I led students on a walk in the woods....

# 168 - Presence on Father's Day 18.06.2018 8:19 ↓

I celebrate this special day with my son and daughter and I reflect on God who is Father and Mother for all that is, was and ever will be

# 167 - Presence in Here Comes Everybody at the RMV 17.06.2018 9:17 ↓

I take my son to get his started drivers liscence and I experience God's Presence in the diversity.