Nothing is Wasted – Mar. 7, 2023
Blessed are you, O God,in whom nothing is wasted.You salvage the remnant,the scrap, the shred.You bless what is leftfrom the consuming fire, the devouring flood,the shearing wind, the shifting earth.All that remainsreturns to youand is reborn from you. Blessed are you, O God,who brings life from the earthand will return it to the earthonce again. […]
Send Me Tough Angels – Mar. 6, 2023
“I am not asking youto take this wilderness from me,to remove this place of starknesswhere I come to knowthe wildness within me… But send metough angels,sweet wine,strong bread:just enough.” –Jan Richardson, excerpt from “Desert Prayer“, In Wisdom’s Path: Discovering the Sacred in Every Season (The Pilgrim Press, 2000), p. 54
That Shapes the Eye – Feb. 17, 2023
ChildrenCan easily open theDrawer That lets the spirit rise up and wearIts favorite costume ofMirth and laughter. When the mind is consumed withRemembrance ofHim Something divine happens to theHeart That shapes the hand and tongueAnd eye intoThe wordLove. -Hafiz, translated by Daniel Ladinsky, The Gift, p. 66
Working Together – Feb. 16, 2023
We shape our selfto fit this world and by the worldare shaped again. The visibleand the invisible working togetherin common cause, to producethe miraculous. I am thinking of the waythe intangible air passed at speedround a shaped wing easilyholds our weight. So may we, in this lifetrust to those elementswe have yet to see or […]
