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    This Present Little Instant

    May 15, 2020 / No Comments

    I’ve never been particularly good at living in the moment. In fact, I’ve been downright disdainful and judgmental of those who do.  Oh sure, living in the moment is all right for babies and puppies, but real women constantly look to…

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    The Plant Advisors

    January 29, 2020 / 2 Comments

    It started during my years living in Maine, when the presence of indoor plants in the house moved from an afterthought to a requirement.  Those long months filled with vistas of white,  the gardens buried deep in snow and ice, and…

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    A Bird Feeder Prayer

    January 16, 2020 / 2 Comments

    The temperature today here in Central Texas will climb to near 70 and we will be greeted by a drizzling rain.  There are at least a dozen birds on the tube-like feeder that hangs from the mesquite tree branch bending over…

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    That Most Silent of Nights

    December 25, 2019 / 1 Comment

    This blog is part of a series of blogs about the music of the Advent and Christmas Season. The last notes of Feliz Navidad faded as our community chorale finished their annual Christmas concert.  The converted performance hall, once a part…

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Awareness is a tender place of connection in our daily search for God and God’s search for us. This chapter’s stories describe simple yet life-altering tender places that guide us to deeper insights and discovery of the sacred in our everyday lives. A single leaf dancing in the autumn wind, a 60’s rock song, or a tiny fairy drawn from the pages of a famous children’s book… all surprise us and draw us into that tender place of awareness where we catch a glimmer of the mind of God. In those present-moment experiences, our own spirits join with our Creator’s in ways that we cannot fully explain, only experience and relish.

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