Category: Journal Entry

• Day 6: Be Grateful for Little Moments

  

  little moments in the morning up before dawn – thank full for the walk to clear the slumber, heard the dawn chorus – Thank you Lord.Dog came to meet me – thank you Lord for the gift of friendship this beautiful creature exhibits.Radio on in the background – so grateful to have technology as I…

  Susan Gallagher

  11 May 2023

  Journal Entry

  breath, breathe, Dallas Willard, dog, Julian Aguon, praxis, radio, spirituality

• Day 5: Let Go of Your Clutter

  

  Clutter Bluster Lord I am a minimalist you know this, in all things I carry the irreducible minimum, in prayer I use short words, in silence I remain silent, the interiority of my life is uncluttered – no doctrinal influences fill the shelves of my heart, no bitterness is loaded in the dishwasher of my…

  Susan Gallagher

  10 May 2023

  Journal Entry

  clutter, declutter, minimalist, the cup

• Day 4: Bless Your Body

  

  Blessing of my body Forehead: Oh Lord help me to get my thoughts in straight lines so I can write my assignments this month and Lord if you would be so kind give me some insight for the teaching on Sunday. Ears: Lord as I travel to meet M today may you give me words of what…

  Susan Gallagher

  9 May 2023

  Journal Entry

  body, connection, ears, eyes, feet, hands, head, mouth, nose, prayer

• Day 3: Do a Start-the-Day Ritual

  

  Daily Office First I walk – the dogThen I put on the heating – for the studentThen I settle into an old comfy rocking chair with blankets and read scripture, pray, meditate and pray a wee bit more. There is silence and rest – from this I spring forward into my work day

  Susan Gallagher

  8 May 2023

  Journal Entry

  begin, dawn, praxis, ritual, spirituality, start

• Day 2: Pick a Soul Booster

  

  platitudes The one liners in the email are those things that people say when they want to reassure but don’t have the words and the words they use are not necessary.A one line sentence to live for, for me… You are the Segullah (treasured possession) of God.

  Susan Gallagher

  7 May 2023

  Journal Entry

  contemplation, contemplative, Joyce Rupp, praxis, spirituality

• Distracting

  

  On Saturday I spent the whole day studying until prompted by HS (rainbow) and my small group to get up and out into the fresh air. The purpose of the day in the study was to clear the decks of work then I could spend Bank Holiday Monday studying without work distracting me. Yesterday I…

  Susan Gallagher

  1 Nov 2022

  Journal Entry

  distraction, God, God working in my life, jigsaw, sprinkles

• A dawn walk

  

  … she might swim, she might not.

  Susan Gallagher

  31 Oct 2022

  Journal Entry

  autumn, Bank Holiday Monday, Bank Holiday Mondays, fall, Halloween, Lorelei, Samhain, walking

• Fall Forward

  

  God sent us the Helper.

  Susan Gallagher

  31 Oct 2022

  Journal Entry

  agony, fall, forward, Holy Spirit, hurt, pain

• Breakthrough

  

  She said “Family of Origin”

  Susan Gallagher

  26 Oct 2022

  Journal Entry

  biological family, breakthrough, Cartesian, Descartes, family, family of origin, origin, psalm 139

• harvesting

  

  2021 Last year I remember being nervous – I had never in my life preached at a Harvest Thanksgiving Festival. I had been at two, whilst on placement, but in the context I came from we did nothing more than nod to the seasons and farmers in a song of scattering and ploughing. Being in…

  Susan Gallagher

  1 Oct 2021

  Journal Entry

  give thanks, harvest, thanksgiving