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Weekly Photo Challenge: From Above
And Mark Twain once said, “Distance lends enchantment to the view.”
In All of Nature We Find God’s Initials
All animals who lift their voices at dawn sing to God. The volcanoes and the clouds and the trees cry to us about God. The whole creation cries to us penetratingly with a great joy about the existence and the beauty and the love… Continue Reading “In All of Nature We Find God’s Initials”
Finding God
In the early evening we see the stars begin to appear as the sun disappears over the horizon. The light of day gives way to the darkness of night. A stillness, a healing quiet comes over the landscape. It’s a moment when some other world… Continue Reading “Finding God”
Wisdom from Walden
The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. – Henry David Thoreau, Walden
Mystery
It began in mystery and it will end in mystery, but what a rare and beautiful country lies in between. – Diane Ackerman
What Is More Important than Life?
Sometimes we behave as though there was something more important than life. But what? – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Morning, a Sign of God’s Compassion
Whatever God does, the first outburst is always compassion. – Meister Eckhart
Weekly Photo Challenge: Up
I wanted to find a quote for “Up”, this week’s photo challenge before the week got away, and one came via email from: inward/outward: A Project of the Church of the Savior. To pray is to take notice of the wonder, to regain a… Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge: Up”
Astonishingly Beautiful
To be astonished is one of the surest ways of not growing old too quickly. -Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, Quoted in Age Doesn’t Matter Unless You’re Cheese, by Kathryn and Ross Petras
Expect Hope
Expect to have hope rekindled. Expect your prayers to be answered in wondrous ways. The dry seasons in life do not last. The spring rains will come again. – Sarah Ban Breathnach
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