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Sassi’s Gift – All the Time in the World

They say Christmas is a peaceful time. Sometimes I feel it, but not often. Again this year, I wonder when – when will there be peace, real peace, on this planet? Closer to home, there may be anxiety about Christmas visitors, travel and winter weather, and family dynamics. Far too many people face the worryContinue reading “Sassi’s Gift – All the Time in the World”

Good Fortune

My sister had a pogo stick. She used it a LOT! The whole house would shake whenever she jumped around the kitchen. We had a BIG kitchen in the farmhouse, with plenty of room for jumping and playing, working and cooking. So much happened in our kitchen, the heart of our home. One day, weContinue reading “Good Fortune”

The Naming

If ever there is a book that is worth rereading, it is Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer. I’m almost finished my third time through. Every read or listen yields new insights. Yesterday I listened to a chapter called Witness to the Rain, about how raindrops come in different sizes depending on whether they dripContinue reading “The Naming”

Decaying and Becoming

I took myself out to the Pond, to ask about its history, not so much the human history, of who walked this land in the time before my memory, but the place history — the history of water and soil — here. I walked the path to the other side, picking up and breaking fallenContinue reading “Decaying and Becoming”

God’s Dream

It’s not often that I feel the need to share an entire Sunday morning’s teaching, but this is one of those times, with only a few edits from this morning’s spoken version, including this preamble. Today, the last Sunday of November, is Reign of Christ Sunday, or Christ the King Sunday. It is seen asContinue reading “God’s Dream”