For Cynde Soto
In a space where all can be themselves without fear— embracing disability as a natural part of life, understanding we all have the same human needs,
Drinking Pure Light is an invitation to love and be loved more deeply. The inspirational poems are a waterfall of grace, a cascade of revelation, a ray of intimacy breaking through the cloud of fatigue with the good news: you are not alone.
A paradigm-shifting journey into God as Self and the World as Heaven on Earth.
Daily Poems of Wisdom, Passion, and Peace
Dancing through Fire: Daily Poems of Wisdom, Passion, and Peace is an invitation to deepen one's passion and peace through daily poetry. The reader can feel the sensuousness of each poem: how the words appear in the mind's eye, how they touch the skin of life, how they stir the spirit's heart.
Can it be, the Divine comes to walk with us on the road of our doubts, our pain, our brokenness?
By Gwendolyn Brooks
His Dream still wishes to anoint the barricades of faith and of control.
A collection of holiday opportunities for spiritual retreat.
Looking for a spiritual retreat to tide you over in quiet contemplation during the holy days leading up to Hanukkah, Winter Solstice, Christmas, Kwanzaa, New Year's Day, and Epiphany? Here are many choices — some Christian and inclusive, others multifaith — from which you can find a perfect match for your needs.
Amanda Gorman's Poem
Maybe everything hurts, Our hearts shadowed & strange. But only when everything hurts May everything change.
Poem about Cambodia, Jackson State, Kent State Resonates Today
Meaningful Messages has been created to help you to find a sense of calm and contentment.
God is still creating you. You are no less beautiful and wild than a sunset or a beach or a puffin. You are loved. You have a place here.
On this St. Patrick's Day it is fitting to receive a blessing from a grand Irishman whose writing reaches into my soul.
The words of Amanda Gorman, Poet Laureate, from her moving poem during the inauguration of Joseph Biden and Kamala Harris as President and Vice-President of the United States of America.
Inspired by poem of William Blake
And will those feet in modern time, Walk upon earth’s fair mountains green?
(and everyone else!)
Every so often, I put out a "musing" that is a guide to my writings and videos. It's that time when churches make plans for their program year, so this is a good moment to share links to my materials for worship, study, and spiritual practice. Use freely. All I ask is attribution!
Dina Datsko de Sánchez wrote this new poem for the re-imagined Homecoming Sunday at First Congregational Church, Long Beach.
By Mark Nepo
Philosopher-poet and cancer survivor Mark Nepo opens a new season of freedom and joy—an escape from deadening, asleep-at-the wheel sameness—that is both profound and clarifying.
I weep for a weeping world beside a creek full of woe Can there ever be a light for me? Brighter than the sun used to be.
Son. Father. Uncle. Friend. Human being. Child of God. What blindness could keep anyone from seeing the sacred life in this
Native is about identity, soul-searching, and the never-ending journey of finding ourselves and finding God. As both a citizen of the Potawatomi Nation and a Christian, Kaitlin Curtice offers a unique perspective on these topics. In this book, she shows how reconnecting with her Potawatomi identity both informs and challenges her faith.
We tune our hearing to silence. We wait on the source of being. Our minds release the roar of thoughts.
In his lifetime Jesus taught us To observe and then reflect On the laws that nature teaches If we pause and then inspect,
Mother Earth weeps for her children— day after day, rain drumming down. She cleanses herself and cleanses us—
Even during this global pandemic, a walk around the block yields moments of healing and beauty.
We tune our hearing to silence. We wait on the source of being. Our minds release the roar of thoughts.