Summit, Spirit, Sky: connect to Creator, community and creation!
Summit, Spirit, Sky: connect to Creator, community and creation!
Pause and focus on water. Give thanks for this element that sustains life. In fresh form, untainted by toxins, it becomes a potable promise of surviving and thriving. Jesus’ first miracle transformed water into wine. He called himself the Living Water for the woman at the well, who offered him refreshment, though she was[…]
Consider the earth. Give thanks for the ground beneath your feet. The glacier-driven cliffs and outcroppings, twisted into waterfalls and ledges, that shape our landscape. Imagine the rich soil that yields summer and autumn harvests. The fierce and ancient mountains, upthrust and worn low, that frame our valley. Stone. Soil. Rock. Dirt. May we[…]
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[…]
