Spiritual Care Sunday #1

Dear friends, 

There have been a number of things this past week that have come to mind that I wanted to share with you. I thought I'd create a little blog to capture them and send you something once a week as a grounding practice. With this format, it will be easy for you to go back and find something if it spoke to you in some way, shape, or form. Some weeks, there may be things that resonate with you and others that do not. Take what you like, and leave the rest.... Mostly, this is just a way for me to try to bring a bit of encouragement to our group each week and to let you know how grateful I am to be a part of this learning community.  So, welcome to Spiritual Care Sundays! 

This is the song I mentioned in one of our debriefing discussions. Enjoy... 


I want to be where my feet are
I want to breathe the life around me
I want to listen as my heart beats
Right on time…
I want to be where my feet are

I chase my worries
I flee my sorrows
But what you give me
Is now

So take my burdens
And my tomorrows:
I want to be where my feet are

I want to be where my feet are
I want to breathe the life around me
I want to listen as my heart beats
Right on time…
I want to be where my feet are

I run to capture
The next horizon
But what you give me
Is here

I get no farther
And still I find you
I want to be where my feet are

I want to be where my feet are
I want to be where my feet are
I want to be where my feet are
I want to be where my feet are

The ground below me
Be where my feet, where my feet are
Is how you hold me
I want to be where my feet are

I want to be where my feet are

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