86,400 seconds
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living in the here
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 woods
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. …
lessons learned: of squirrels and tightropes
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 …
Lessons learned: canning and prayer
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 …
our little LuLu
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. …
still your mind
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 …
love letter to the world
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 …
wise words from Joyce Rupp
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, …
lessons learned: the mosaic of brokenness and wholeness
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 …
choose now
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 …
quotes: meditating on hope
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 …
this season, let’s thanks-give
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 …
a contemplative in all of us
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 …
lessons learned: on pumpkins and solitude
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 …
shinin’ your light
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 …
simple joys
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 …
forgiving the past
This morning, I wanted to blog about a quote or topic related to to Maya Angelou as she has been a writer who has …
“do bee” or “just be”
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, …
living your way into the answer
Have patience with everything unresolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves. . . Don’t search for the answers, they could not …
a meditation from Vigen Guroian’s Inheriting Paradise
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, …
quotes: meditating on love
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 …
honoring the man who dared to stand
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 …
lessons learned: planting seeds and permission granted
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 …
from John Muir’s The Yosemite
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. …
love letter to the world
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 …
joy!
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 …
a great believer of hope
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 …
86,400 seconds: have you used one to say “thank you?”
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
Here is calm so deep, grasses cease waving. . . . Wonderful how completely everything in wild nature fits into us, as if truly part …
honoring Rosa Parks on the anniversary of her 100th birthday
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 …
quotes: meditating on hope
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 …