Blessing of the Well – Oct. 24, 2022
If you standat the edgeof this blessingand call downinto it,you will hearyour wordsreturn to you. If you lean in close,you will hearthis blessinggive the storyof your lifeback to you. Quiet your voice.Quiet your judgment.Quiet the wayyou always tellyour storyto yourself.…. –Jan Richardson, from “Blessing of the Well” in Circle of Grace, p. 109
The Sacrament of Christmas – Dec. 30, 2021
I make an act of faith toward all mankind, Where doubts would linger and suspicions brood. I make an act of joy toward all sad hearts, Where laughter pales and tears abound. I make an act of strength toward feeble things, Where life grows dim and death draws near. I make an act of […]
You Must Change – Oct. 7, 2021
“Only when we become ever so quiet inside do we sense in the smallest speck of reality a great Presence, both strange and familiar, waiting to meet us. Strange this Presence seems to us, because it differs from all else we know; at the same time, we seem to know it more intimately than anything […]
Here Am I – Feb. 11, 2021
Lord, here is my Bible;Here is this quiet room,Here is this quiet time,And here am I.Open my eyes; open my mind; open my heart; and speak. -From The Lion’s Book of Children’s Prayers
