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December 8, 2017
Friday, December 8, 2017
No matter what path you’re on in this life, if that path isn’t about love, you’re on the wrong path. ~ Laurence Overmire He must be new; I’ve never seen him here before. A white-haired gentleman wearing a plaid shirt and blue jeans shuffles along beside a younger woman who is looking around the gathering
December 7, 2017
Thursday, December 7, 2017
Hence, the question . . . is not how to keep people busy, but how to keep them from being so busy that they can no longer hear the voice of God who speaks in silence. ~ Henri J. M. Nouwen, The Way of the Heart I am gifted by each woman who sits around
December 6, 2017
Wednesday, December 6, 2017
Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift. ~ Mary Oliver As we draw near to the solstice, it seems that when I pick up my camera I come face-to-face with the lack of light. To feed my creative appetite I’ve
December 5, 2017
Tuesday, December 5, 2017
Contemplatives know that God’s voice rarely comes in thunder but rather in a whisper, creeping into the lives of shepherds in isolated settings or to prophets gasping in thin mountain air. ~ Adam S. McHigh, Introverts in the Church I wake at an unacceptably late hour that, this morning, is acceptable given that I was
December 4, 2017
Monday, December 4, 2017
It is well, it is well, with my soul. ~ Horatio G. Spafford, It Is Well With My Soul One of my favourite things at this time of year is the music programs airing on PBS. Late yesterday afternoon, Gerry happened upon a Celtic Woman special and, by the light of the non-traditional tree, we
December 3, 2017
Sunday, December 3, 2017
We turn to stories and pictures and music because they show us who and what and why we are, and what our relationship is to life and death, what is essential, and what, despite the arbitrariness of falling beams, will not burn. ~ Madeleine L’Engle, A Circle of Quiet Relishing the dark silence of the
December 2, 2017
Saturday, December 2, 2017
Real life is never quite as interesting as the story told afterward. ~ Laurence Overmire What a week; I’m happy to put this one to rest. Looking forward (finally!) to a quiet day followed by the Christmas banquet at our church this evening. That’s it. That’s all.
December 1, 2017
Friday, December 1, 2017
And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it. ~ Roald Dahl Yesterday afternoon I spent some time browsing through photos on my computer (oh how wonderful to have things
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. ~ Will Durant I’m guardedly optimistic that I’m nearing the end of the technology battle I’ve been engaged in. Last night, as a pasta sauce made with this year’s tomatoes simmered on the stove, from down in the woman rose
The question is not what you look at, but what you see. ~ Henry David Thoreau Can you do it? Can you walk in the truth you profess to believe and embrace stillness even in the midst of the busy? I pose the question to myself as I realize I have commitments every day on the
