Summit, Spirit, Sky: connect to Creator, community and creation!
Summit, Spirit, Sky: connect to Creator, community and creation!
Seek not greater wealth, but simpler pleasure; not higher fortune, but deeper felicity. — Mahatma Gandhi You are searching the world for treasure, but the real treasure is yourself. — Rumi When he returned home to France, [Lafayette] lived on his big estates and did very well. He was in the same social class as the rich[…]
What the world needs now is love, sweet love It’s the only thing that there’s just too little of What the world needs now is love, sweet love, No not just for some but for everyone. Lord, we don’t need another mountain, There are mountains and hillsides enough to climb There are oceans and rivers[…]
Advent comes with yearning. The first week of Advent focuses on hope. When is hope helpful and tangible, grounded in the here-and-now as well as in what comes next? When does hope focus too much on the future and remove us from the present? Note: Check out this ‘Guide to Grounded Hope’ from Option B.[…]
Themes from Joshua 3:14-17 and Matthew 23:11-12. The crossing from wasteland to abundance, from brokenness to blessing … gratitude arises from the chance to serve others. Blessing of Enough — Jan Richardson I know how small this blessing seems; just a morsel that hardly matches the sharp hunger you carry inside you. But trust me[…]
As one commentator says, “there are many kinds of thirst.” Where do we find respite and rescue in the midst of dry, hard, troubled times? What are the wastelands of our lives? Where do signs of life surprise us in our personal and communal “desert places”? You should not see the desert simply as some[…]
