Author Archives: wbgayle

Re-entry

Rest for the mind and body, recovery necessary from routines differing in time and space.  The re-entry into who I was before more difficult because I have been changed by the impact of new experience.

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Memoir

Stories. We all have some. Vignettes of memories framed by our experience and retold in conversation when a spark ignites an ember buried deep inside us. We light up when we tell our stories.

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Falling Upward

Weary. The trail is steep. Days have turned into nights and back into days again as I climb that rocky path to a new place. Will I make it to the top or turn around?  I cannot know now.  I … Continue reading

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True Servanthood

Gifts of grace and caring offered in love make us the body of Christ in the midst of brokenness found in the world. As his servants, we empathize with painful feelings buried alive and healed only by God’s infinite grace.

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Revelations

It is not in the midst of the thunder of timpani that revelations come to me…instead, it is in the quiet moments, spaces in between the giant cataclysmic life events I hear the whisper of the wind.

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The Vigil Light

Let worries flow over you for they will fade away like mist, disappearing once day dawns and the sunlight warms and banishes the night’s woes. God’s light is always upon us, a vigil flame burning yet never consumed.

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Healing Ministry

I am here. A presence to sit, listen, and experience your pain, your joy, your grief. No answers or solutions. No judgments or expectations. Together we face whatever comes. God loves you and I love you.  I am here.

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Chasing the Wind

We do not know where the wind comes from or where it will go when it blows past us, but the Spirit is in the wind. As quickly as it is here it is gone, leaving a stillness where the … Continue reading

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Humble Access

Open spaces provide respite from the crowded places found in our daily lives. We need open spaces in our hearts, where we lie in fertile ground and sow seeds of humble access to be truly open.

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Windows to the Soul

We wear our emotions on our faces. Smiles for happiness. Frowns show our frustration. Tears of sadness or anger flow from eyes which also reflect pain. Look in to the face of a stranger. Their eyes reveal the windows to … Continue reading

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