My contemplation Begins in dark, ends in light Called by the bird's song Source Of All Blessings You bless us with Sunday morning repose. Time to reflect Upon time unsettled. May we be at peace with this piece of our life and smile inside each time the dog snores and the bird … Continue reading Time To Reflect Upon Time Unsettled
Stay with me a bit, hummingbird so beautiful. Stay. My heart still smiles. Source Of All Blessings You bless us with long lines and waiting to teach us patience, with uncertainty to teach us humility, with isolation to teach us contemplation and the time to watch hummingbirds come and go and … Continue reading Thank You For The Lessons Of Life
My contemplation Begins in dark, ends in light Called by the bird's song. Source of all blessings You bless us with people who care for people they have never met, Who sacrifice for others they will never know, Who go hungry so the hungry may eat. May I be more like these saints … Continue reading Called By The Bird’s Song
I owe ten thousand Tears for ten thousand species Extinctified. Gone. Source of all blessings you bless us with change we did not seek or want. You push us out of our ruts and comfort and ask us to learn and adapt and grow and question and survive and to thrive and to appreciate … Continue reading I Owe Ten Thousand Tears
(Lyrics for Contemplative Living) I hear your call Hear your call I hear your call oh Lord inside my heart today. I hear your call, Yes hear your call, I hear your call inside my open heart today ------------- In this jumbling, stumbling, tumbling world today, Where it’s easy Lord for me to … Continue reading I Hear Your Call
Yesterday, I received Gunilla Norris’ new book, Great Love In Little Ways: Reflections On The Power Of Kindness, This morning I read her first reflection, “The Sunshine In Your Face”. A representative quotation from that piece is: When two people genuinely smile on one another, they create a mutual radiance. Imagine what this might be … Continue reading My Morning Whatchamacallit
“The longing for presence may in fact be The most basic human desire.” ~David Benner, Presence and Encounter, p. 11 Morning contemplation has changed my life. Changed the quality of my life, and many moments of it. I have my friend Dave Player to thank for that. I still have a note he sent … Continue reading What I Thought About This Morning…When I Wasn’t Supposed To Be Thinking About Anything
"No moment is trivial since each one contains a divine kingdom and heavenly sustenance." Jean Pierre de Caussade, The Sacrament of the Present Moment, p. 79 Pas pause for paws but, to be fair, so do Grandpas and Grandmas and Mas. What is not always clear, however, is how "paused" paused really is. If a … Continue reading Pas Pause for Paws
"I always think there's a band, kid." ~Harold Hill, in The Music Man I don’t know much about revivals. Most of my information comes from the movies, like Elmer Gantry, but also from movies like The Apostle with Robert Duvall and Leap of Faith with Steve Martin. These are great films, though Elmer Gantry, with Burt Lancaster … Continue reading To Revival or Not to Revival, Just A Suggestion
(This was written circa 2014, while living in our house on Caper here in Boise.) Morning It’s just a few minutes after 5:00 a.m. Outside on my tiny, barely-holds-two-chairs-and-a-mini-table front porch I breathe in the smell of last night’s rain. It was just a short spate, just Mother Nature spitting last night, but enough … Continue reading Up At Five
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