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Tending the Flame

Early morning prayers and a candle lit for peace … but it keeps going out! Last time I used this candle, I pressed the soft wax back toward the wick, too tightly, perhaps. The candle sat on my shelf, beautiful, for almost a year, unlit, and now when I want to pray for peace, IContinue reading “Tending the Flame”

Discovering Your Personal Rhythm for Healthy Living

Happy 2021! A few weeks ago, I was asked to prepare a video lecture for students in the Human Services program at the New Brunswick Community College. They, like everyone else, are doing virtual classes in our COVID circumstances. Now that the students have had their turn, I’m making the video public. Most of itContinue reading “Discovering Your Personal Rhythm for Healthy Living”

Psalm 23

Originally posted on Pondering through the brambles.:
The beautiful words of Pslam 23 have at times prettified me and given me hope on some of my darkest days. I wrote this poem just to reflect on the pslam and how important it is to me. As I wander through the green uncut grass the stories…

The Best Criticism

“The best criticism of the bad is the practice of the better.” ~ Richard Rohr This morning, with my coffee, I read, as usual, in no particular order, my email, Facebook notifications, and news. Some of my email is summarized news, which is where I started today. I’ve come to believe that coffee energizes orContinue reading “The Best Criticism”

Blow Your Mind!

I want to brag. Perhaps I shouldn’t, but I will anyway. I’ll start by saying I have two gorgeous delightful smart-as-a-whip grandgirlies. That is a typical grandmotherly thing to say. I am married to a science teacher. He found a video called The Infinite Pattern That Never Repeats. He watched it, told me about it,Continue reading “Blow Your Mind!”