Risking Delight in a World Gone Awry
“We can do without pleasure, but not delight. Not enjoyment. We must havethe stubbornness to accept our gladness in the …
Category Archives: Spirituality
Martin Luther King on Love, Power, & Economic Justice
Celebrating the legacy of Martin Luther King during Donald Trump’s second term as president could not seem more incongruous, nor …
O Holy Night, Star of Wonder & Delight
“O star of wonder, star of light,star with royal beauty bright,westward leading, still proceeding,guide us to thy perfect light.” –From …
When Every Cell Becomes a Miracle – Dancing on Ecstatic Toes
I’ve always loved Walt Whitman’s way of turning the mundane into a miracle, or seeing what’s marvelous in the everyday. …
Feeling the Flow, from Mountain-Top to Marketplace
Have you ever felt being in the flow of things? That optimum experience that many athletes and artists feel when …
Re-Awakened to a World of Wonder
The whole purpose of life, as I see it, this extraordinary experience in being, is to be awake to the …
Singing the Sea & Cultivating the Mind of Winter
I was entranced by Wallace Stevens’ poem “The Idea of Order at Key West” when I first read it in …
Finding Holiness in this Holiday Season
As I leave to spend Christmas with family, knowing I’ll not return here to post more before the new year …
Blessings & Boats, Poems by Collins & Clifton
May you and your loved ones, near and far, have a Blessed Thanksgiving. blessing the boats BY LUCILLE CLIFTON(at St. …
Listen to the Trees, a Sermon from Hermann Hesse
I came across the following essay about “preacher trees” from Hermann Hesse and thought I’d share it with you along …
