Be present
There is a poem that I find myself coming back to again and again – Mary Oliver’s “The Summer Day” which she wrote in 1990.
Listening
Lent is a time of open hearts.
Lent is a time to embrace the spiritual practices that bring us closer to God. God wants to be close to us too. God seeks us too.
There Your Heart Will Be Also
This past Ash Wednesday, Lent began with a reminder that God created us out of the stuff of earth, the gorgeous rich soil with lots of nutrients and hidden life, and home to thousands and thousands of God’s beautiful species of beings.
A Call to New Life
Mary sang her song of praise “The Magnificat” to express her joy for God who loves her. She sang about God’s love for humanity and God’s desire for peace and justice on earth.
Arrival
In the church calendar, the new Christian year begins on the first Sunday of Advent which was this past Sunday, December 1.
As the season changes all around us, I feel the beauty of the earth. Fall is my favorite season which reminds me again of beauty of the earth. It reminds me of God’s delicate, exquisite hands that made creation of which we are part.