Dominican Preaching through Word and Image
Nature just, “is.” It cannot be controlled. People can mess around with it. They can interfere with it. They can pollute it. They can damage it. They can degrade it. But they can never really control. it. The sun will rise every day. The… Continue Reading “Uncontrollable Nature”
Beauty is before me. Beauty is behind me. Beauty is below me. Beauty is above me. I walk in beauty. – Navajo Prayer
I’ve learned to time things so that I am driving with a beautiful sunset off to the west as I drive home. It calms me. It gives me perspective. I think, “There is a hideous traffic jam in front of me. There are trucks… Continue Reading “Getting Perspective”
There was a song that sprang to mind when I saw this challenge. It was popular in the sixties, and sung by Judy Collins. I’ve looked at clouds from both sides now From up and down, but still somehow It’s clouds illusions I recall.… Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: One Shot, Two Ways”
From the time I first picked up a camera, I have celebrated nature through my lens. And nature has responded by teaching me some extraordinary lessons. – Dewitt Jones
Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher. – William Wordsworth
What we are today foreshadows what we will be in the future. According to Carl Jung, The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are. For some reason, we human being struggle with that, We often try to be other than… Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: Foreshadow”
Everywhere, wherever you may find yourself, you can set up an altar to God in your mind by means of prayer. – The Way of a Pilgrim, author unknown
To pray is to take notice of the wonder, to regain a sense of the mystery that animates all beings, the divine margin in all attainments. Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living. It is all we can offer in… Continue Reading “To Pray”