Monthly Archives: January 2009

As I continue on my "read-the Bible-in-a-year" program, I concluded the Book of Job yesterday morning. Whew! For those who don't know or need a refresher, this book of the Bible consists of the main character Job being put through … Continue reading →

"Watch the dust grains movingin the light near the window.Their dance is our dance.We rarely hear the inward music,but we're all dancing to it nevertheless,directed by the one who teaches us,the pure joy of the sun,our music master."      ~Rumi I … Continue reading →

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. He to who this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, … Continue reading →

"This being human is a guest house.Every morning is a new arrival.A joy, a depression, a meanness,some momentary awareness comesas an unexpected visitor.Welcome and entertain them all!Even if they're a crowd of sorrows,who violently sweep your houseempty of its furniture,still, … Continue reading →

"Cold, Cold,Frost, Frost,Fling me not aside!You have bent me enough.Away! Away!"  ~Aivilik Eskimo Chant Winter is getting to people. I know it is true because, here in Minnesota, people are beginning to have that far-away look in their eyes. Their … Continue reading →

"May we find each other in the silence between the words. May we heal the loneliness of our expertise with the wisdom of our service. May we honor in ourselves and all others the deep and simple impulse to live, … Continue reading →

Many of the conversations I have had over the last several days inevitably turn to the heroic landing of US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River. It is such a compelling story and the images seen almost immediately via … Continue reading →

Over the last few days almost all conversations begin with some comments about the cold. Minnesota has been held in the grip of subzero temperatures for the last two days with some frightening wind chills. When I speak with family … Continue reading →

This year I began a read-the-Bible-in-a-year program. I have always been inspired when our bishop and others I know talk about doing this. I thought 2009 was as good a year as any to begin. I am not sure what … Continue reading →

"A dazzling dare to perch up there–a slender-branched moxie, swayingin wind whips, impervious, curtailingnothing on land or in tremulous air.You sail the maple's masthead,You scout the rolling hills, apprise the skies,and you descend at will; no seeming dreadyour reconnoiter with … Continue reading →