Posted on February 14, 2016
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Today is the First Sunday of Lent In today’s reading from Romans 10:8-13, Paul writes “The Word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart.” We so often look and listen around us for God’s voice – for direction – for wisdom. Could… Continue Reading “Listen”
Category: LentTags: forest, illinois, lent, listen, nature, photo, photography, quote, river forest, romans 10:8-13, trees, winter
Posted on March 8, 2015
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Everyone keeps asking – since I’ve moved from San Francisco to the Chicago area – how it’s going for me. How am I adjusting to winter in the midwest. Actually, I think that the snow is beautiful, and, really, it’s people that I miss.… Continue Reading “So How Is Winter for You?”
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Posted on March 1, 2015
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In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration. – Ansel Adams
Category: WisdomTags: ansel adams, nature, photo, photography, quote, river forest, snow, sunrise, trees, winter, wisdom
Posted on December 19, 2014
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O Root of Jesse, you stand as an ensign to the peoples; before you kings will shut their mouths and nations will bow in worship. O Come and deliver us and do not tarry. – source of translation unknown
Posted on March 23, 2013
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Today’s Lenten poem from Education for Justice is by Rainier Maria Rilke. The Observer I can tell a storm by the way the trees are whipping, compared to when quiet, against my trembling windows, and I hear from afar things whispering I couldn’t bear… Continue Reading “The Observer”
Category: LentTags: education for justice, lent, lenten reflection, nature, photo, photography, poem, poetry, rainier maria rilke, snow, snow storm, the observer, winter, yosemite falls, yosemite national park
Posted on December 31, 2012
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The birth of Jesus made possible not just a new way of understanding life but a new way of living it. – Frederick Buechner
Category: ChristmasTags: frederick buechner, nature, path, photo, photography, quote, sixth day of christmas, snow, winter, yosemite falls, yosemite national park
Posted on November 15, 2012
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Friday’s Responsorial Psalm is from Psalm 119. And we read: Open my eyes, that I may consider the wonders of your law.
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