Weekly Meditations

Reflections on ravens: curiosity, creativity, and cultural messenger.

Songs about blackbirds and ravens (note: these are different species): Blackbird by The Beatles (rock)Blackbird Song by Lee DeWyze (ballad/blues)Raven Song by Elephant Revival (folk)Blackbird by Nina Simone (blues)The Raven by Alan Parsons Project (electronic rock pop based on Edgar Alan Poe’s work)Hear Me O God, Nor Hide Thy Face (Christian choral music)How Many Are Your Works (Christian hymn) — How sweetly did[…]

New Years 2021: Poetry and song for the coming year.

Music: Better Days by Goo Goo Dolls: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-kHleNYIDc&feature=youtu.be Be the Change by Britt Nicole: https://youtu.be/mHguyidMS50 A Long December by Counting Crows: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrsSbjcKCBg New Year by Pentatonix: https://youtu.be/ZsJt7j96n0s Next Year by Foo Fighters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j1qQuSuQaHY New Year’s Day by Bon Jovi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i5fBY3a5Q0 What Are You Doing New Years Eve by Ella Fitzgerald: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFdfzNMV52Q Lets Keep Falling In[…]

Advent Daily Devotional (Day 27)

Thursday, Dec 24 – DAY 27 On the eve of holy love’s renewed arrival in the world, we prepare ourselves. How do you get ready to welcome love at the door of your heart? To answer when it knocks on the threshold of your life? Perhaps simply by listening. Waiting. And setting aside any sense[…]

Daily Advent Devotional (Day 26)

Wednesday, Dec 23 – DAY 26 As we draw closer to the celebration of holy love’s arrival within our lives, as honored on Christmas Day, we may reflect on how our human experience of love has already shaped us. Who in our early lives offered us models of love? What forms did that love take?[…]

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