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The Heart of Compassion
Today’s Lenten poem from Education for Justice is by Joyce Rupp. The Heart of Compassion Compassionate God, your generous presence is always attuned to hurting ones. Your listening ear is bent toward the cries of the wounded Your heart of love fills with tears… Continue Reading “The Heart of Compassion”
The Peace of Wild Things
Today’s Lenten poem from Education for Justice is by Wendell Berry. The Peace of Wild Things When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives… Continue Reading “The Peace of Wild Things”
The Bright Field
Today’s Lenten poem from Education for Justice is by R. S. Thomas. The Bright Field I have seen the sun break through to illuminate a small field for a while, and gone my way and forgotten it. But that was the pearl of great… Continue Reading “The Bright Field”
Weekly Photo Challenge: Lost in the Details
I am convinced that balance is one of the most needed qualities in life. Balance lives somewhere between “Lost in the Details” and “The Devil is In the Details.”
Think Not How Far
Today’s Lenten poem from Education for Justice is by Harold Macdonald. Think Not How Far Think not how far we have to go, how far we’ve come; it saps the strength, melts the will. It’s better not to know the breadth and height and… Continue Reading “Think Not How Far”
In Praise of Self-Deprecation
Today’s Lenten poem from Education for Justice is by Wislawa Szymborska. In Praise of Self-Deprecation The buzzard has nothing to fault himself with. Scruples are alien to the black panther. Piranhas do not doubt the rightness of their actions. The rattlesnake approves of himself without… Continue Reading “In Praise of Self-Deprecation”
Weekly Photo Challenge: Forward
There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind. – C. S. Lewis
The Rowing Endeth
Today’s Lenten poem from Education for Justice is by Anne Sexton. The Rowing Endeth I’m mooring my rowboat at the dock of the island called God. This dock is made in the shape of a fish and there are many boats moored at many… Continue Reading “The Rowing Endeth”
What I Pray For
Today’s Lenten poem from Education for Justice is by Dennis O’Donnell What I Pray For Sacks of rocks I have gathered from the beach, some of which I used to toss my own I Ching, stones representing fire, water, wind, and the rest, some… Continue Reading “What I Pray For”
The Uses of Sorrow
Today’s Lenten poem from Education for Justice is by Mary Oliver, a favorite of many. The Uses of Sorrow Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift. Source: “The… Continue Reading “The Uses of Sorrow”
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