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 “The bee is not afraid of me,  I know the butterfly;  The pretty people in the woods  Receive me cordially.  The brooks laugh louder when I come,  The breezes madder play.  Wherefore, mine eyes, thy silver mists?  Wherefore, O summer’s day?” —Emily Dickinson  I stood transfixed by quiet industry, so much movement carried by such Continue reading “Busy Little Friend”

It started with a few taps, large splats on our skylight,  but with that came a distant and deep thunder, that rolling kind you feel as much as hear, so we closed ourselves outside, put our feet up, toes touching on a shared footrest as we sat, expectant and ready for the show.  Each minuteContinue reading “Friday Night”

“…what one calls interruptions  are precisely one’s real life —  the life God is sending … day by day.” — CS Lewis You go through the day encountering interruptions, spaces where life actually  happens, when routine is stopped and your list of “very important things” fades because someone pauses, holds back in hesitation, waiting, gaugingContinue reading “Blessed Interruptions”

Amid the average days  of steady pacing — the working, resting, doing, being — there are moments that slow to fullness in becoming more than ordinary passings — the times when the veil is lifted beyond the confines of bone and skin; our souls glimpse  outside these measured minutes, this foot to earth existence, andContinue reading “Once Upon a Time”

A searching soul on a daily pilgrimage, seeking wisdom as a solitary, solemn traveler, silent and open to all God will give — what only God can give — to those humbled before the truth of His essentialness.  I stand outside and consider creation, astounded by this expanse I could fall  into as I stareContinue reading “Evermore”

Waking, rising, attending to the needs of self, family, work, and the greater world —  these everyday tasks require of us.  The blessings come in what some call the mundane; you get your spouse a cup of coffee, you make banana pancakes, you wash the dishes before leaving to pick up a colleague whose carContinue reading “Everyday”

Consider sole to ground when life  is a heavy coat, or misery has clogged  any hope of inspiration, when a problem sticks in the heart, or grief visits beyond reason, when prayer feels like fog, when you are raw-lonely or barren. Get soul and mind out in the open — air, trees, grass, sky — findContinue reading “Solvitur Ambulando”

A change in the way you chose to behold, taking the time to know life as it is, as it can be when you really want to see. You think there is no artistry; the day may seem dull, and you hear no music, see no color, feel no love. Wait; be still; attend; thereContinue reading “Perception”

“Then, together with them,  we who are still alive and remain on the earth  will be caught up in the clouds  to meet the Lord in the air.  Then we will be  with the Lord forever.” — 2 Thessalonians 4:17, NLT Sometimes when I am settled,  my heart swells in waves  of great faith, whenContinue reading “Resonance with the Eternal”

Whisperings What whisper should we believe? Listen and you will hear many voices calling you, sometimes seducing other times attacking — What prejudice do we bring to the chatter?  I need the quiet, sure voice of discernment —  no trendy, feel-good speech, no political correctness of any leaning, no building up by tearing down, no Continue reading “Whisperings”