Tag Archives: Spring

March, Guest Post by Janeen Adil

Posted on April 11, 2024 by Maren

I am so grateful for this gift from poet Janeen Adil. Her poetry often reminds me of the inner feelings of Robert Frost. OK she lives south of me in Pennsylvania so daffodils are “March.” The ones I know are … Continue reading →

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Two sides of spring, 2021 — readings of the Psalms, Guest Post Maria Mankin

Posted on April 20, 2021 by Maren

Maria Mankin, my frequent co-author and editor and daughter, is engaged in a manuscript of reflections on the Psalms and shares two with me today. I asked to post them here because the first so clearly tells the place I … Continue reading →

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Lenten reflection on scripture — Romans 13:11

Posted on March 19, 2015 by Maren

Romans 13: 11 Besides this, you know what time it is, how it is now the moment for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we became believers … Now is the moment … Continue reading →

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A Gathering Prayer On A First Spring Morning

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Maren

In the northern hemisphere we will shift this week into spring — or rather we are approaching the equinox. Spring weather is quite another matter.  Here is a First Nations prayer from Canada to begin the season. Note from  R. … Continue reading →

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Hymn for Spring and Prayer for Peace

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Maren

Here are two resources from the southern hemisphere offered for the folks in the northern hemisphere because of the coinciding of spring and Lent. For those reading this in the southern hemisphere — thank you for holding on to them … Continue reading →

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One hundred and two Pentecost days — Spring comes to Aotearoa, New Zealand

Posted on September 6, 2012 by Maren

Today we are celebrating the coming of spring to Aotearoa, New Zealand. I am sharing the work of four different writers. We begin with a meditation by Elaine Bolitho. She writes … In southern hemisphere lectionary material, the month of … Continue reading →

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