Easter Sunrise at Dayspring

6amSunday, April 17 Dayspring Farmhouse Lawn11301 Neelsville Church Road Germantown, Maryland 20876 In the dawn’s light we will gather in front of the Dayspring Farmhouse and process up to the community garden, remembering the first Easter morning when the women at the tomb found the stone rolled away. Please bring a flashlight and wear comfortable […]

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Suddenly my summer garden has become lush and over-abundant. Nine-foot-high butterfly bushes bending with the weight of their purple blossoms, the late blooming hostas, towering jasmine vines, black-eyed Susans brightly appearing in new places, knockout roses in full bloom and still budding, and a veritable jungle of ferns. I go outside early for quiet time […]

Be Still and Know – July 23, 2021

You welcome us home as honored guests,back into the fold of your Heart.You have prepared a garden for us,a garden of joy hidden in our hearts.O friends, enter into this eternal garden,befriend the Guide who awaits you.Enter into the great, resounding Silence,be still and know the true peace;Know the all-embracing life of Love;and raise your […]

A World of Prayer – June 14, 2021

Lord, the air smells good today, straight from the mysterieswithin the inner courts of God.A grace like new clothes thrownacross the garden, free medicine for everybody.The trees in their prayer, the birds in praise,the first blue violets kneeling.Whatever came from Being is caught up in being, drunkenlyforgetting the way back. –Rumi, in Earth Prayers From […]