Summit, Spirit, Sky: connect to community and creation!
PRAYER of MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. God grant that we wage the struggle with dignity and discipline. May all who suffer oppression in this world reject the self-defeating method of retaliatory violence and choose the method that seeks to redeem. Amen. Music about peace & advocacy: Anthem by Leonard Cohen Get Up, Stand Up by Bob Marley One […]
Then love knew it was called love.And when I lifted my eyes to your name,suddenly your heart showed me my way.― Pablo Neruda May I live this dayCompassionate of heart,Clear of mind,Gracious in awarenessCourageous in thought,Generous in love.— John O’Donohue Questions to consider: In what ways do you know you own heart? How have you […]
I believe God loves the world through us—through you and me. — Mother Teresa The three grand essentials of happiness are: Something to do, someone to love, and something to hope for.― George Washington Burnap The great struggle of … life is to take God’s name for us, to believe we are beloved and to […]
Meditations on summer solstice, mother & child abandoned in desert, miraculous rise of wellspring, hope in dry places: themes from the story of Abraham, Ishmael & Hagar, Sarah & Isaac as patriarchs and matriarchs of two faiths and two families, sundered. Abraham’s Farewell to Ishmael — George Segal Wind, Water, Stone — Octavio Paz Translated […]
