Blessed Solstice!
Oh, pleasurable blessings full of ease, to ALL this Solstice, and always.
I was reminded of this song today, and it is
perfect:
"This is my home, this is my only home
This is the only
sacred ground that...
The Shower Prayer (full poem, by Cristina M. R. Norcross)
The Shower Prayer
The hot rain of the shower
comes down.
Walls blurred
from early morning vision –
I leave the high hot setting
and simply stand in the moment of daybreak.
Calendar unmarked,
computer untouched –
this day is thankfully unspoken for.
For...
Winding the Clock — The Importance of a Daily Spiritual Practice
Winding the Clock:
The Importance of a Daily Spiritual Practice Beset as we are by the increasing demands of family and career, not to mention the horrific events in the news that we must somehow digest,...
A blank canvas
It can be a bit intimidating to get started. That may be true in whatever it is that you’re doing, but especially if you’re creating art. That blank canvas… So much possibility.
Possibility — or pressure?
Depends on...
Aaronic Blessing to All Readers
An ancient Hebrew blessing and also the favorite blessing of St. Francis of Assisi. The LORD bless you and keep you: The LORD make his face to shine upon you, and be gracious to you:...
If Only Yesterday And Not Tomorrow
Me - the muse
His words are oxygen to a dying fire.
His voice is remedy to an ailing heart.
Yet his love is torture to a longing soul,
And his answers are questions to a puzzled mind.
How...
Harnessing the Power of Time
One day about five years ago, when Barak Obama was running for president the first time, I heard him talking on the radio about wind power. He said that the wind is a cheap,...
There is No One at the Center of the Cross (Easter Meditation)
On the cross, Jesus said, "Forgive them Father, for they know not what they do." Did he carry the sins of the world, or drop them?
The center of the cross is a place that...
You Are God Who? … Me?
By William T. Hathaway
The statement "You are God" seems an absurd and presumptuous blasphemy, so it needs to be clarified. According to pantheism, it's not just you who are God; all of us are...