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Monthly Archives: October 2015
The witch on my Face Book page
I upload a new profile photo, spell-bound by Eliza’s cell phone at the clergy Bible study. (Now that’s Halloween scary — really reading the Bible.) I admit I do not expect the negative posts about witches and Satanism (which did … Continue reading
Seed Packet
Dee Ledger of Maryland takes us to another place. Seed Packet This I know. I’m a lousy gardener. If I would have seen Jesus in the garden I would have flung the trowel at him saying, “Here, plant these your … Continue reading
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the dark night of the mind
Perhaps her path to becoming a saint is this forgetting, this stigmata – not chosen, prayed for, the fearful abstinence, alzheimer’s, something holy. She gives it up to God, this her sweetest pride, her thinking, until only one prayer is … Continue reading
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Praying hands
I have prayers on my hands – one hand is Syria and the other is heroin. I wake up in the morning and look at my hands, left and right, hoping I will not see — the Syrian child standing … Continue reading
Reformation Day at the Deep River Church
In the white church October light bends through thick old glass and the pastor announces that Vince and Carol are celebrating the sixty-fifth anniversary of their wedding — See the bride and groom jack o’lanterns on the chancel steps? Vince … Continue reading
Sock It to Me Sunday
OK sometimes I cannot resist. I know that I have been sharing quite a bit from Canada recently, but Matthew Stevens description of “Sock it to Me Sunday” just struck me as so simple and silly and lovely, that I … Continue reading
Seeking themes for justice and hope for a new book …
A Child Laughs – Prayers of Justice and Hope, edited by Maria Mankin and Maren C. Tirabassi, published by Pilgrim Press will be an anthology of prayer and reflection organized in a fifty-two week volume with fifty-two topics of concern … Continue reading
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SOS Village in Zimbabwe — Amani Milele (Peace Forever)
Lance and Christina Muteyo conducted one day Conflict Transformation training at SOS Children’s Village Harare Zimbabwe on the third of October. Christina and Lance are both child counsellors with a passion towards helping orphaned and other vulnerable children in Africa.As … Continue reading
Prayer for the Folks who make Churches “work” by Canadian, Richard Bott
I have often wanted to pray for the folks who make the church work … as well as those who are sick, grieving, celebrating birthdays and new babies and weddings. The people who turn on the coffee are very important … Continue reading
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Reflection for the Missing El Faro Cargo Ship
(from Psalm 139) On the wings of the morning and at the furthest limits of the sea God’s hands guide the searchers. On the wings of the morning and at the furthest limits of the sea God’s breath lift up … Continue reading
Gifts in Open Hands 