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Tag Archives: reflection
After Rain
I glanced at the weather this morning and saw rain in the forecast, but it wasn’t until I was in the middle of the wholesale club store with my cart full of needed supplies for a post-funeral reception at church … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and verse, work and life
Tagged Contemplation, divine, God, haiku, memory, nature, poem, rain, reflection, snails, water
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Forty Four
On this day, as the calendar of my life flips another year, I realize once again how things have changed, how much I have learned, and how grateful I am for what this year has offered me on my journey. … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and verse, Spiritual journey, work and life
Tagged birthday, Contemplation, faith, God, learning, lessons, life lessons, reflection
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Reflections on Resurrection
Happy Easter! For forty days, I have been hosting a Lenten series on Cultivating Sacred Space for my faith community, and simultaneously blogging here on my own personal blog on the same weekly themes. On this most joyful day, I … Continue reading
Posted in Lent 2014, quotations and reflections
Tagged alleluia, Easter, images, nature, reflection, resurrection, thinglink
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Happiness and Heartbreak
I was sitting at my kitchen table today, making a cross out of the palm branch that I had earlier carried as a parade flag around my church during the litany of the palms. I folded and tucked one end … Continue reading
Posted in Lent 2014
Tagged Christianity, cross, faith, Jesus, palm cross, palm sunday, Passion Sunday, reflection
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Seeing the Light 5: Serendipity
(in response to the writing prompt: a moment I saw clearly) Today, I saw clearly. I saw God, the omni-present and ever present. It wasn’t what you might expect. No burning bush. No blinding light. No trumpets sounding from above. … Continue reading
Blessing 6: Closing the Week
This Lenten week where I have focused on the theme of “blessings” is drawing to a close. Once again, I am reminded that there is such a gift in following the gentle nudge of spirit (“I should write some blessings…”). … Continue reading
Posted in Lent 2014
Tagged Blessing, faith, intention, Lent, poem, poetry, reflection, time
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Blessing 5: Friendship
I am so richly blessed by the array of friends in my life. My friends are brilliant stars, each of them in their own radiance of being exactly who they are. But together, we ebb and flow together in constellations … Continue reading
Posted in Lent 2014
Tagged Blessing, familiarity, friends, friendship, poem, poetry, reflection
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Holy Ground: Week 1 of Cultivating Sacred Space
This week, my writing and my spiritual journal follows the theme of Holy Ground, which is the weekly theme for the Lenten “Cultivating Sacred Space” virtual program I’m curating for my faith community. Feel free to join us; click the … Continue reading
Posted in Lent 2014
Tagged daily practice, faith, holy ground, Lent, prayer, Present moment, reflection, sacred space, spirituality, writing
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Equinox
I woke this morning with the words “equilibrium” and “equinox” literally fusing together in my waking mind. It was 5:15. My spouse was already awake, evidently motivated to curate media and build a Quia lesson related to the Equinox. My … Continue reading
Posted in work and life
Tagged balance, Contemplation, equilibrium, Equinox, faith, moon, nature, ordinary time, reflection, seasons, work and life
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Equinox
I woke this morning with the words “equilibrium” and “equinox” literally fusing together in my waking mind. It was 5:15. My spouse was already awake, evidently motivated to curate media and build a Quia lesson related to the Equinox. My … Continue reading
Posted in work and life
Tagged balance, Contemplation, equilibrium, Equinox, faith, moon, nature, ordinary time, reflection, seasons, work and life
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