Summit, Spirit, Sky: connect to Creator, community and creation!
Summit, Spirit, Sky: connect to Creator, community and creation!
Let us give thanks for windows and doors. For physical thresholds that mark our arrivals and departures, our comings and goings. Sometimes they’re more than a knob and a hinge: they’re portals of transition. They demarcate the places we begin or end, they designate both routine movements and life-altering journeys. At such portals, we leave[…]
Let us pay attention to light. To what it reveals. To how it is both particle and wave, something measurable with science, yet also fleeting, untouchable, ineffable. Some kinds of light — such as daylight — feed our brains, emotions, and bodies. Trigger wellbeing. Enough light sustains growth and life, converts into energy for much[…]
Let us take a moment to appreciate breath itself. In mindfulness practices, following the breath in, then out again, becomes the path to calm and centeredness. In our faith tradition, breath is often a metaphor for the Spirit’s energy of creativity and holiness. In Hebrew it is known as ruach, which may also mean[…]
Gratitude requires paying attention. Today, give thanks for the gift of senses and perceptions. Simply acknowledge the eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and touch — as well as their connection to an active mind — that provide awareness. Appreciate the capacity to take notice. Also consider — for self or others — any changes in these[…]
INTRODUCTION For the month of November, we offer you a daily meditation on gratitude. Use this to help create a positive, resilient framework of hope and healing for yourself, your relationships, your community, your nation and world. Gratitude changes perspectives and even makes the impossible become more possible! We are grateful for each of you,[…]
