Summit, Spirit, Sky: connect to Creator, community and creation!
Summit, Spirit, Sky: connect to Creator, community and creation!
Give thanks for fire and heat. As the days grow colder, let us appreciate the chance to warm our bones. Be present to the Holy Spirit as flame. Or savor the simple, elemental fuel of the world, creating a hearth, a bonfire, or a conflagration. Fire can burn. Create ashes. Destroy. Or it can[…]
Give thanks for food. For sustenance. Consider how each element of a meal arrives on your plate. Trace its possible origin: sea or forest, field or garden, farm or stream. Imagine how it was caught, grown, hunted, raised or harvested. Track how nearby or far away its beginnings, then the means by which it was[…]
Pay attention to the sky today. Be grateful for what it offers. Be aware of its constancy, yet how it changes every moment. Is the vaulted sky clear or cloudy? Are storms rolling over the highest mountain peaks? How does the precipitation from overhead touch the earth, if there’s weather to report: as fog, or[…]
Notice names. Perhaps your surname, family name, or a nickname you have been given or earned. The names of people and pets around you. Consider the names of places where you spend your time or routes you often travel. We map our lives by place names, by addresses, by locations that have labels attached to[…]
Reflect on voice. Appreciate the freedom and ability to speak. To express yourself. Or to opt for silence. Listen for the differences in people’s accents and dialects. Take meaning from tones of voice. Appreciate quiet and stillness. Cherish speech and conversation. The spoken Word is another metaphor for the life of Christ and[…]
