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The Prodigal Son
Today’s Lenten poem from Education for Justice is by Rudyard Kipling. The Prodigal Son Here come I to my own again, Fed, forgiven and known again, Claimed by bone of my bone again And cheered by flesh of my flesh. The fatted calf is… Continue Reading “The Prodigal Son”
What to Remember When Waking
Today’s Lenten poem from Education for Justice is by David Whyte. What to Remember When Waking In that first hardly noticed moment in which you wake, coming back to this life from the other, more secret, movable and frighteningly honest world where everything began,… Continue Reading “What to Remember When Waking”
Weekly Photo Challenge – My Neighborhood
I am so blest to live in San Rafael. It’s a beautiful neighborhood. I think of the words of the song from Mr. Rogers: It’s a beautiful day in this neighborhood, A beautiful day for a neighbor. Would you be mine? Could you be… Continue Reading “Weekly Photo Challenge – My Neighborhood”
Prayer
Thomas a Kempis wrote the classic, The Imitation of Christ. Today our Lenten poem/prayer from Education for Justice is from that book. Prayer Grant me, O Lord, to know what I ought to know, To love what I ought to love, To praise what… Continue Reading “Prayer”
Self Portrait
Education for Justice is by David Whyte. Self Portrait It doesn’t interest me if there is one God or many gods. I want to know if you belong or feel abandoned. If you can know despair or see it in others. I want to… Continue Reading “Self Portrait”
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”
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