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
Sitting alonely My breath becomes my only One-with-all, wholly Source of all blessings You bless us with red, rich wine and friendly puppies, Birds who sing in mornings and ministers for mournings. Thank you for all gifts unearned and earned alike, Even the gifts, unbidden, of suffering and sacrifice. You bless us with Love, … Continue reading May I Greet Each Day Like Opening Night
I am but a blade of grass but still as great as thee Source of all blessings You bless us with simple pleasures A good book, a smile from a passing person, smells of coffee and lilacs. May we welcome and fully experience these timeless treasures.* *A h/t to Br. David Steindl-Rast … Continue reading I Am But A Blade Of Grass
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
I am surrounded by Broken dreams By labors mean and daily scream I find peace these days in little bits Pieces of days, splinters of minutes, a snap of time A…… Well…there it was. I find peace now in tiny scraps Of life between the cracks. I am surrounded Encompassed, … Continue reading That’s all one needs to know
(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
"Human nature is potentially aggressive and destructive and potentially orderly and constructive." Margaret Mead Some Profound Language When I was in seventh grade I got a growth spurt. Celebrating, every doorway that I passed through, I'd leap high and tap the top of the frame with my hand. It was great. And, it might have … Continue reading Some Profound Language
"It's none of their business that you have to learn how to write. Let them think you were born that way." Ernest Hemingway The Honorless Prophet About fifty years ago, there was a running joke in movies and books and television about the unfinished Great American Novel. The punch line was usually an image of … Continue reading The Honorless Prophet
Our new book, Profound Living: Essays, Images, and Poetry is now published. It has essays from yours truly, co-authors Kelly Anderson and Davin Carr-Chellman, and Vincent J Fortunato; and beautiful images by Vincent, Antonia Cardella, and Marc Christensen. The cover was designed by Heather Barrett. It was such a pleasure to work with these folks … Continue reading Our New Book – Profound Living: Essays, Images, and Poetry
I just finished my first self-published book, Profound Living: Essays, Images, and Poetry, which I put together with a couple co-authors/editors, Kelly Anderson and Davin Carr-Chellman, who were wonderful. Though I've published other books before, this was my first self-published book, so I had much to learn. Fortunately, Kelly had self-published before so she brought that knowledge, … Continue reading Writing Skills
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