God Talk and Tea

'A perfect dose of grace' for all seasons

 This small but powerful book of stories is the perfect read for you when you want to reward yourself with some well-deserved quiet time! Rabbi Irwin Kula, author of “Yearnings: Embracing the Sacred Messiness of Life” wrote, “If you want to find God, know love, and truly understand these are the same, read this beautiful book. But be prepared to have your heart opened up, to laugh and to cry, to take many deep breaths of awe and wonder, and to shout out to the Heavens and to the people in your life, Thank You! Hallelujah! What a perfect dose of grace this book is for people of all backgrounds!"  

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God has a fondness for flying dogs

I have always loved the writings of St. Francis de Sales because I have always found encouragement in his admonitions to be gentle with ourselves. He wrote, "Patience is the one virtue which gives greatest assurance of our reaching perfection, and while we must have patience with others, we must also have it with ourselves."

Of course, that is a tall order, but St. Francis was well aware that the person each of us is hardest on is often ourselves. We can accept the shortcomings and idosyncrasies of others, especially our friends, but we beat up on ourselves for the slightest imperfection.

Warts of "not good enough" seem to pop out all over the place when we look in the mirror each morning. I can't image God feels really good about that.

Rather, he must feel like the little child who has just created a crayon masterpiece only to be told by the teacher that maple trees are not purple and dogs do not have wings.

Well, maybe not in her world, but in the eyes of the Artist, the work is perfect.