Now I feel God nudging me for something more-something deeper-connection.  Somehow I have come full circle since deep and connection have so many things in common.  Connection can mean so many things, and I am excited to see what God is going to teach me this year.   Connection is something I long for after too many years of battling loneliness off and on.   It has so many facets whether connection to God, self, others, or even to God’s creation. 


We all know that connection with God is the most important.  It is from this connection that I can truly connect with myself and others.  The trouble is I don’t always start there.  That is why I was grateful for an invitation to join a online book club that is reading Invitation to Silence and Solitude by Ruth Haley Barton.   It gave me a push in the right direction.  In the weeks ahead, I hope to share more what I am learning, but right now I am just soaking it all in.  If you are interested in the book club, visit Linda Stoll’s blog or if you are just interested in some insightful posts on silence and solitude, head over to A New Lens.  Here is a link to one of her posts. 

This year, I am both excited and scared about connection.  Even though it is something I long for, it is also something that I feel so inadequate at doing.  My first posts on connection will be musings about what I am learning about connection from silence and solitude.  I hope you will join me this year as I try to blog more consistently. 

Thank you for stopping by.  Do you have a word for this year?  Or even though you may not have had a word for last year, did you see a common theme of how God worked in your life?  I would love to hear about it in the comments.