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blogger’s note: If you’ve been following me for awhile, you willl recognize this post. There are many iterations of it on this site as it …
blogger’s note: If you’ve been following me for awhile, you willl recognize this post. There are many iterations of it on this site as it …
I have recently been re-reading Pádraig Ó Tuama’s book In the Shelter: Finding a Home in the World. I find it grounds me in ways …
I went to the wood yesterday to walk, to pray, to cry, and to surrender all that was nagging at my bones and my spirit. …
You’re taught at an early age, especially if you’re being raised by high-achieving perfectionist parents… you get on the tightrope and you hold your breath. I …
I wrote this one several summers ago, and with the onset of canning season, I have returned to it this week. I find that each …
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. ~attributed to Plato but documented as being written by Ian Mclaren, pseudonym of Rev. …
The mornings the words do not come, I know it is time for me to engage in less thinking and more listening. When you pray …
I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world. ~Mother Teresa Shine your …
If I wait to be perfect before I love myself I will always be unsatisfied and ungrateful if I wait until all the flaws, chips, …
This coming Sunday, a dear friend and I will be co-leading a “Longest Night” service. Designed for healing and peace, this worship opportunity is often …
You are goodness and mercy and compassion and understanding. You are peace and joy and light. You are forgiveness and patience, strength and courage, a …
In the Christian faith tradition, we have begun to celebrate Advent. The word “advent” means “the arrival” or “coming into view,” and for us, it …
Thanksgiving, after all, is a word of action. ~W.J. Cameron Thanksgiving was never meant to be shut up in a single day. ~Robert Caspar Lintner …
There is a contemplative in all of us, almost strangled but still alive, who craves quiet enjoyment of the Now, and longs to touch the …
I would rather sit on a pumpkin and have it all to myself, than be crowded on a velvet cushion. ~Henry David Thoreau There are …
Every so often this one begs to be reposted. Share your light~Cameron “Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is …
If you want to live life free, take your time, go slowly. Do few things, but do them well. Simple joys are holy. ~excerpt from …
This morning, I wanted to blog about a quote or topic related to to Maya Angelou as she has been a writer who has …
Last night while we ate dinner in the kitchen with the windows open, a giant bee flew in and began buzzing around. My daughter exclaimed, …
Have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves. . . Don’t search for the answers, they could not …
How Love burns through the Putting in the Seed On through the watching for that early birth When, just as the soil tarnishes with weed, …
Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that. ~Martin Luther King, Jr. Believe …
In honor of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther’s King’s celebrated day today, I have selected some of my favorite quotes by him. I consider him …
Be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be …
Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul. …
I am a little pencil in the hand of a writing God who is sending a love letter to the world. ~Mother Teresa Shine your …
Peace is joy at rest, and joy is peace on its feet. ~Anne Lamott When you do things from your soul, you feel a river …
These are the words I am sitting with this morning as I meditate on hope. I am not an optimist, but a great believer of …
God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say “thank you?” ~William A. Ward When I first read this …
Here is calm so deep, grasses cease waving. . . . Wonderful how completely everything in wild nature fits into us, as if truly part …
Today, I am thinking about a woman with quiet fortitude who made up her mind and did away with fear. Ms. Parks’ nonviolent action included …
In the Christian faith tradition, we have begun to celebrate Advent. The word “advent” means “the arrival” or “coming into view,” and for us, it …