Presence: Experiencing God Each And Every Day

I enjoy the annual faculty retreat day and launch my Wine Tasting Teacher in the evening with my first paid gig. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

I stay late at school to meet with parents and am surprised by a conversation with a dad of a now senior student whom I taught when he was a freshman. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

I go with friends in their Church group as they visit a mosque and meet new Muslim friends. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

Two things I really dig - Spotify and Kindle! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

My school hears from a recent veteran and his heart wrenching story about his time in Iraq --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

After hearing the gospel today I hear a true story which reminds me of the window and how much she gave from her poverty. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

My son and I go to our third college open house and discover that it's not the place for the next step in his education. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

I pray with and reflect on the "prayer that Jesus taught us" in the actual words he likely used. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

After praying with Birdtalker's "One" I march to protect the Mueller investigation and Senate Bill 2644 (I gave the wrong number for it in the audio for this episode) --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

I record in the morning just after another mass shooting murder. My classes and I use the Birdtalker song "One" for a special prayer today. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

My son and I go and knock on doors for a Congressional candidate specifically and our democracy more generally. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

I'm a bit tense as tomorrow means so much and will shape mightily the next two years. Yet I smile at the visit of two special former students today. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

It was a quiet Sunday yet one in which I experienced God in a milestone and a time of quiet in a special place. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

I reflect on how the line between the sacred and the secular is finer than we think. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

I lead a prayer service for my classes on All Souls Day. The heart of the service is a moving slide show of their loved one who have departed this life. I am touched witnessing a student reaching out to support her grieivng friend. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

I wear my holy blue Oxford shirt to school for my school's Day of Prayer and Service for All Saints Day. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

I realize after the fact that I've missed a valuable chance to be of service and thus experience God's Presence. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

I wake with a couple of songs which give me hope in an anxious time. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

I take a stand against the hate and violence in display in our politics these days by early voting. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support

I am on retreat and feel safe enough in this sanctuary to allow myself to feel for those murdered as they worshipped in Pittsburgh. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/presence/support