Source of All – July 27, 2022
Eternal Spirit, Earth Maker, Pain-bearer, Life-giver, Source of all that is and that shall be,Father and Mother of us all,Loving God, in whom is heaven. The hallowing of your name echoes through the universe!The way of your justice be followed by the peoples of the earth!Your heavenly will be done by all created beings!Your commonwealth […]
Your Good Road – July 25, 2022
“O Great Spirit, our Father from above, your name as sacred and holy.Bring your good road to us, where the beauty of your ways in the spirit-world above is reflected in the earth below.Provide for us day by day–the elk, the buffalo, and the salmon. The corn, the squash, and the wild rice. All the good […]
Greening Power
I am still reflecting on the silent retreat day at Dayspring this week. An unseasonably warm late-winter day, our time began with an overcast sky, a soft, warm breeze and bright birdsong. The cloudy sky was like a vast blanket of cotton balls scudding west across meadow and forest. Hildegard’s poem about the ever-creating Source of all […]
Immediately
This is the time of lengthening daylight as our daystar, the Sun, shines more directly on our planet each day. Though ice covers the ground where I live, green shoots are beginning to appear. And yet, another ice storm is coming. How is Earth protecting or preparing for new life? Why is the struggle of […]