March 18, 2022 “Fate of Hundreds Unknown: Missiles Hit City in Ukraine’s West” “13 Year Old Boy Drives Truck into Van, Killing Nine People in Texas” “Powerful Storms Could Bring Tornadoes To the Southeast (USA)” “An International Agency Warns About a Global Energy Crisis” “If you know how to make good use of the mud,ContinueContinue reading “A Way to Be: Taking Action”
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A Way to Be: Bearing Witness
March 11, 2022 The Table You know these voices,if you have ears to hear.They are legion, whispering(or shouting) within youdesperate to be noticed,coming from all cornersof your life, east and west,north and south, from infancy,to old age, and all the seasonsin between,soloists tugging atyour sleeve for attention.You wonder why they botheryou and what they wantwhileContinueContinue reading “A Way to Be: Bearing Witness”
A Way to Be: Not Knowing
March 7, 2022 I won’t speak for you, but I want to know how the war in Ukraine is going to end. I want to know now. I want to know if we are through with the crisis of Covid-19 or if another variant will emerge this spring or summer or fall with all itsContinueContinue reading “A Way to Be: Not Knowing”
A Way to Be
March 2, 2022 In the Christian tradition, today, Ash Wednesday, marks the beginning of the six-week period called Lent and is a day to ponder our own mortality. Considering the last two years of perpetual Lent co-existing with the pandemic, it seems sometimes that pondering our own mortality is all we have been doing. AndContinueContinue reading “A Way to Be”
When You Choose War
. . . you cannot stopthe Lenten rose’s pale white blossomsfrom unfurlingnor can you commandthe pink-tinged buds of tulip treesto fold inward.When you choose war, know thatthe grass still greens in spring,the titmouse seeks its “peter-peter,”the black and white cat curls herselfin the dust-moted spill of sun.When war is your choice, prepare yourselffor deep-souled wordsContinueContinue reading “When You Choose War”
Thin Place
February 9, 2022 In Celtic Spirituality, there is an understanding that certain places become the meeting ground between heaven and earth, the “holy ground” of Moses before the burning bush. Such spaces are called “thin places” because the division between the holy and the ordinary disappears and the time spent there usually is fleeting. InContinueContinue reading “Thin Place”
The Return Trip
February 2, 2022 Counting Coats “If you have two coats, give one to someone who doesn’t have any.”” Luke 3:11 I consider the number of coatsI own. More than two.Seven? Eight? Ten?Not all coats, of course.Some are jacketsa pink fleecea purple raincoat.In the checkout lanethe woman in a wind-thinblue sweaterfumbles with food stampsto pay forContinueContinue reading “The Return Trip”
Wood Walking
Jan. 28, 2022 As the Covid viruses rage and mutate while people the world over tire of wearing masks, rebel against distancing, and refuse to concern themselves with others’ safety, I find myself dismayed by humanity’s loss of the Golden Rule, and I head to the woods. I am not the first to do soContinueContinue reading “Wood Walking”
The Waiting ~ A Poem of Advent
For all who wait in hope for the coming Light. Blessings, Rosemary The Waiting For I, the Lord your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, “Do not fear. I will help you.” Isaiah 41:13 O, Isaiah, ancient prophet of doom, prophet of ancient hope,your proclamations resound like cymbalsjarring thisContinueContinue reading “The Waiting ~ A Poem of Advent”
Darkness into Light: A Poem for Advent
“Light your candles quietly, such candles as you possess, wherever you are.” ~ Fr. Alfred Delp, martyred in Nazi Germany, age 38 As we enter the darkest time of year, my hope and prayer is that each of us will shine the light we have been given, be the light for one another. Blessings toContinueContinue reading “Darkness into Light: A Poem for Advent”
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