Our whole family gathers in the back yard, near the fence line and woodpile. It’s evening, and both the sun and temperature are dropping quickly. Several of us wear light coats. We’re all near-kneeling, our heads bent toward the ground in front of the two white...
Lord, I curl in thy grey gossamer hammock that swings by one elastic thread to thin twigs that could, that should break but don’t. – Denise Levertov // Our eight-year-old boys strung a thin nylon hammock between two trees and hung there together for...
The Pious Groundhog A groundhog has taken up residence in the church prayer garden. He (we assume) is eating the Hostas and giving our gardener fits. What to do? This is not St. Francis’ wolf, no livestock has gone missing and not one single human has been devoured....
If you take care of the birds, you take care of most of the big problems in the world. – Biologist Thomas Lovejoy My advice to pastors and others who care too much is this: hang a bird feeder...
My cat teaches me about desire, about persistence. // Seated for a time of prayer, I hear him at the screen door, crying. I open the door, open my heart. Seated again, he climbs, purring, into the warm curve of my lap. His black fur is wet, his...
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