01 Jul Attending and Trusting What We Do Not Yet See We had a family of bluebirds nesting by our garden this spring. I had a front row seat to their rituals as I drank my morning coffee on the deck. When the young hatched both parents hunted food for them from their various perches in the yard. They would scan the ground from their high place, then in characteristic bluebird fashion, swoop down and snatch an insect and fly off to the nest box to feed the growing young. I was at home when the babies fledged. It was late afternoon when I saw the
We had a family of bluebirds nesting by our garden this spring. I had a front row seat to their rituals as I drank my morning coffee on the deck. When the young hatched both parents hunted food for them from their various perches in the yard. They would scan the ground from their high place, then in characteristic bluebird fashion, swoop down and snatch an insect and fly off to the nest box to feed the growing young. I was at home when the babies fledged. It was late afternoon when I saw the
01 Apr Prayers for This Fool and Others Prayers for This Fool and Others Each morning before coffee, before Centering Prayer, before I even leave my bed, I offer this prayer from Thich Nhat Hanh. I pray it for myself and I pray it for Theresa and at times and in seasons, I pray it for others. It has become an important way to begin my day. I know my need for it and I know how praying it begins to change the way I hold others and the way I hold the world. I offer it to you as we begin a new month. Meditation Prayer on Love Thich
Prayers for This Fool and Others Each morning before coffee, before Centering Prayer, before I even leave my bed, I offer this prayer from Thich Nhat Hanh. I pray it for myself and I pray it for Theresa and at times and in seasons, I pray it for others. It has become an important way to begin my day. I know my need for it and I know how praying it begins to change the way I hold others and the way I hold the world. I offer it to you as we begin a new month. Meditation Prayer on Love Thich