Sundays with Suzanne

This week my mother and I made the difficult decision that I would not fly to visit her for Christmas. I haven’t seen Mom since March. I bought my tickets for this two-week visit back in September. And with every day that brought my visit closer we talked more excitedly about how we would spend our time together. Since Thanksgiving, Mom has been counting the days until my arrival. We cried on the...

The weather forecast said we might get a few inches of snow by Tuesday morning but when I woke there was already 10 inches of snow on the ground and by the time it finished the totals were closer to 24 inches of snow. And that’s just the way it is sometimes when you’re waiting for things to change and it seems like you’re amid a drought and then the floodgates open and the deluge is greater than w...

 As you head to the grocery store or stop by a restaurant to pick up your Thanksgiving dinner, please take a moment to say “thank you” to the cashier and the wait staff. Look them in the eye and wish them a happy Thanksgiving. Please spend some of your holiday dollars with local businesses. You will not only be buying a unique Colorado gift, you will be supporting the families that stand behi...

I assure you, we are no closer to God when sitting too close to our neighbor in a pew. Our praise and worship is heard by God just as well when our mouth is covered by a mask as when it is not. If you don’t believe me or the doctors, at least believe what Jesus Christ said when he said we should love one another as we want to be loved and care for our neighbors as Christ cared for us. Wearing a ma...

No matter who stands at the podium and is sworn in Jan. 20, 2021, they will face a country firmly divided in half, a country closing in on the one-year anniversary of a pandemic, which has so far claimed a quarter of a million lives in the U.S. alone. As I scrolled through social media, I was heartened to see messages of hope and unity and resilience offered by leaders in the faith community. Then...

When I’m overwhelmed, I recall that time is like a river always pushing us forward. Let’s remain fully present to learn all we can. This anxious time will pass, and our lives will flow forward, surrounded by God’s love and peace. A psalm of David The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing.     He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters,...

When we call upon God, we will be comforted. When we feel overwhelmed by the chaos in our country, God is our steadfast refuge. We become the mustard seed of faith which has within it the strength of a towering tree. We are the widow who had so little to give, yet because she gave what she had, the Son of God recognized her offering as great, and she was greatly blessed.

I'm asking as a person of faith that we bow our heads and mourn those who have died from the Coronavirus and the families they have left behind. 

Maybe it would be more productive to talk about what makes our country great and how loving kindness, which God commanded us to extend to our neighbor as we would want it extended to us, can make us better citizens in our community and our nation. I took the first step in that direction Monday when I put in an application to be a poll worker for the elections in November. It’s been reported that t...

I spent Saturday binge-watching the World’s Toughest Race series on Amazon. It is a 650-kilometer adventure race consisting of sailing, paddleboarding, hiking through jungles, swimming through dangerously cold water and repelling down waterfalls — all done with little or no sleep — over the course of three days for the most elite professional teams and 11 days for the amateur teams. At the end, I...

What is your calling? Where is God calling you to serve in our community? I hope you’ll spend some time this week praying and thinking about that. And then I hope you’ll put your thoughts into action.

Now more than ever, we need one another. We need to be good neighbors. We need to give the gift of comfort and love. We need to check in with those who are homebound and if we ourselves are homebound we need to reach out and ask for help.

What’s the best way to put love into action?

Want to renew your enthusiasm for spending time with God? Here’s what works for me!

How can we tell if God hears our prayers or cares that we pray?

When we experience the small moments in our day, our lives become richer

When we feel overwhelmed with sadness, counting our blessings in this way can help us to feel better

Getting stuck in regret gets us nowhere. Here’s how to embrace your second chance and move forward

What will it take for the random mass shootings to stop? Perhaps a change in the way we look at them.

How can you use your talents to make your community a better place to live?

Goodbyes are never easy, but they can help us to move onto new adventures and become necessary for our growth.

What responsibility do we have as Christians to people at our borders? Our American history offers important clues.

Are you burned out on church? Is the church of our parents no longer working for you? Listen to this episode to start a fresh faith journey

Wondering what to major I when you get to college? Stuck in a job you hate? Recently retired and wondering what to do next?

How does the Holy Spirit show up in our daily lives? It turns out the Spirit is always around us and available.