Centering Down – July 19, 2021
How good it is to center down!To sit quietly and see one’s self pass by!The streets of our minds seethe with endless traffic;Our spirits resound with clashing, with noisy silences,While something deep within hungers and thirsts for the still moment and the resting lull. …As we listen, floating up through all of the jangling echoes […]
Christmas Returns – Dec. 18, 2020
Christmas returns, as it always does, with its assurance that life is good.It is the time of lift to the spirit, When the mind feels its way into the commonplace, And senses the wonder of simple things: an evergreen tree, Familiar carols, merry laughter.It is the time of illumination, When candles burn, and old dreams Find their youth again.It is […]
At Christmastime – Dec. 17, 2020
The tides flow out from the Inner SeaAt Christmastime:They find their way to many shoresWith gifts of remembrance, thoughts of love—Though the world be weary and the days afraidThe heart renews its life and the mind takes hopeFrom the tides that flow from the Inner SeaAt Christmastime. -Howard Thurman, The Mood of Christmas & Other […]
The Season of the Heart – Dec. 16, 2020
The Time of forgiveness for injuries past,The Sacrament of sharing without balancing the deed,The Moment of remembrance of graces forgotten,The Poem of joy making light the spirit,The Sense of renewal restoring the soul,The Day of thanksgiving for the goodness of God.CHRISTMAS IS THE SEASON OF THE HEART. -Howard Thurman, The Mood of Christmas & Other […]
