Category: spirituality
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Being present
Read More: Being presentThere is a poem that I find myself coming back to again and again – Mary Oliver’s “The Summer Day” which she wrote in 1990. As the season now changes from winter to spring, (and though it’s not yet summer), I am reminded to take notice of my immediate world and to be present in…
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Listening …
Read More: 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. I want to invite you to practice an ancient prayer of the church – Lectio Divina which is Latin for sacred…
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Rev. Dr. MLK, Jr. Day
Read More: Rev. Dr. MLK, Jr. Day“Martin Luther King, Jr., April 4, 1968,” by Gwendolyn Brooks A man went forth with gifts. He was a prose poem.He was a tragic grace.He was a warm music. He tried to heal the vivid volcanoes.His ashes are reading the world. His Dream still wishes to anoint the barricades of faith and of…
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A Call to New Life
Read More: A Call to New LifeGod’s Beloved, Christmas is nearly here. 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. Her soul magnified the tremendous love of God for humanity. May our souls sing and magnify…
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Arrival
Read More: ArrivalGod’s Beloved, In the church calendar, the new Christian year begins on the first Sunday of Advent which was this past Sunday, December 1. Happy New Year! We are now in the season of Advent. Advent means “arrival”, “the first appearance.” Advent is a season of contemplative preparation. We spend four weeks preparing ourselves for…
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Song for Autumn
Read More: Song for AutumnAs 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. We are profoundly connected to the world. God calls us to be…
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Rest with God
On Ash Wednesday, Christians around the world began a 40-day period of prayer, contemplation and self-examination that the church calls Lent. The ancient practice of the imposition of ashes on Ash Wednesday is a reminder that we are God’s beloved dust. And to dust we shall return. The creation story tells us that God made…
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The Hummingbird & the Forest Fire
The smallest of mature birds, hummingbirds are incredibly agile and can hover, fly backward, and move in various directions. They are extraordinary creatures. Truly marvelous and beautiful creatures of God’s. The Quechua people in Peru have a story about a hummingbird – The story of the Hummingbird and the Forest Fire. It goes like this……
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A Prayer of Thanksgiving for Juneteenth
We give thanks to God for freedom and emancipation of the enslaved people. Cheated of their lives and livelihood by oppressors beyond the pale of human rights and dignity. Because of their skin they are deemed less than farm animals, these African and African American people made in the image of the Divine, praying to…