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 […]
Calm Me into a Quietness – Apr. 13, 2021
Now, O Lord,calm me into a quietnessthat heals and listens,and molds my longings and passions,my wounds and wonderingsinto a more holyand humanshape. –Ted Loder, Guerrillas of Grace
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
When Fire and Rose are One – May 1, 2020
We shall not cease from explorationAnd the end of all our exploringWill be to arrive where we started And know the place for the first time.Through the unknown, remembered gateWhen the last of earth left to discoverIs that which was the beginning;At the source of the longest riverThe voice of the hidden waterfallAnd the children in […]
