This week I have been feeling such gratitude for small things in our own back yard. They happen all the time, but when I pay close attention, and soak them in, I feel so blessed and full of grace. “If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would Read more…
This time of year when the gray and brown landscape begins to green up in Minnesota is my favorite time of year. The fresh spring green color is fleeting, but oh, so inviting. Today, with a bright overcast sky, the green appears to glow. Soon it will turn to Read more…
Just Flowers I went out to the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum this morning to see if I could catch some magnolias in full bloom. I was almost too late as most of the flowers were past their prime but there were still a few beauties remaining. “Nobody sees a flower – Read more…
California Poppies Earth laughs in flowers. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, “Hamatreya” People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have such things about us. ~Iris Murdoch, A Fairly Honourable Defeat
The beautiful prayer below was shared at a Sunday church service by Reverend Ruth MacKenzie. Rev. Ruth traveled to India in January 2015 as a Unitarian human rights witness. She visited a school, Vidhayak Sansad, where young Dalit girls, who are among the poorest of the poor, were educated. Read more…