The Psalms of Advent, November 29, 2022 An interesting, and perhaps intentional, aspect about the Psalms of Advent is that there are really only seven of them appointed for this season of preparation. When I first considered this blog, I assumed there would be a different psalm every day, but not so, according to theContinueContinue reading “Tuesday, Advent 1: Waiting and Watching”
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The Psalms of Advent
“The world is not respectable; it is mortal, tormented, deluded forever; but it is shot through with beauty, with love, with glints of courage and laughter; and in these, the spirit blooms . . .” George Santayana The Book of Psalms in the Old Testament of the Bible is a collection of ancient Hebrew poem-songsContinueContinue reading “The Psalms of Advent”
Flint Creek in Autumn
October 16, 2022 For as long as I can remember, Autumn has been a melancholy/bittersweet season for me. Amidst the splendor of the brilliant hues of the dying leaves, there is a sense of time gone by, a memory of mourning something, or someone, that cannot be reclaimed. Yet Autumn also offers each of usContinueContinue reading “Flint Creek in Autumn”
I Lift My Eyes
Oct. 13, 2022 Since January 2021, after participating in a twelve-week online spirituality/creativity workshop during the COVID-19 shutdown, I have been gathering regularly with five other sojourners whom I have yet to meet in person, via Zoom. They are workshop participants, two from Canada, one from England, and two from NW and NE states. IContinueContinue reading “I Lift My Eyes”
Come August
September 6, 2022 I live in the Southeastern United States where I am graced by the witness of Ruby-throated hummingbirds. Each March, the scouts (males) begin to arrive here, searching for hospitable courting and nesting grounds. Around late April, early May, the females arrive, and I spend a good part of my summer keeping twoContinueContinue reading “Come August”
A Pail of Cherries
August 9, 2022 Some years back, my daughter authored a “good news” blog which, I believe, was called “Silver Linings.” She spent hours culling different news sources in search of something positive, and, inevitably, she would indeed find an uplifting story and post it. Her purpose was to remind her readers that good things doContinueContinue reading “A Pail of Cherries”
In Between ~ Welcome 4
April 16, 2022 Thank you to those of you who have followed my prayer and spiritual reflections this Lenten Season. I have tried—and continue to try—the three basic tenets of Zen Peacemaking: the not knowing what will happen at any point in time; the bearing witness to all the different feelings (“parts”) of us withoutContinueContinue reading “In Between ~ Welcome 4”
Welcome, Welcome ~ 3
April 10, 2022 Palm Sunday is a fitting day for reflection on the third “relinquishment” of the Welcoming Prayer, a prayer I have visited in the previous two blogs. It is also a fitting day for reflecting on our response to the ongoing Russian war in Ukraine and to any injustice that invites us toContinueContinue reading “Welcome, Welcome ~ 3”
Welcome, Welcome ~2
April 2, 2022 Turning and turning in the widening gyreThe falcon cannot hear the falconer;Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhereThe ceremony of innocence is drowned;The best lack all conviction, while the worstAre full of passionate intensity. This poem, The Second Coming, wasContinueContinue reading “Welcome, Welcome ~2”
Welcome, Welcome
March 28, 2022 If you have never wanted to control a person or fix a situation, if you have never wanted to step in and take over because you knew your way was best, if you have never tossed and turned in the night because of worry, then raise your hand. That’s what I thought. ContinueContinue reading “Welcome, Welcome”
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