Monthly Archives: August 2009

I am working at relaxing today. I say 'working at' because I have to admit that it is often difficult for me to avert my eyes from the tasks that always need to be done in any house, the piles … Continue reading →

Walking down Nicollet Mall today I was surrounded by booth after booth of freshly picked vegetables and fruit. Thursday is Farmer's Market day. Sandwiched among the food laden tables were buckets of beautiful flowers. I couldn't resist and decided to … Continue reading →

Many times in this space I have written about what I have observed on my daily commute between the two cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis. There has seemed to be a never ending source of inspiration as I tool … Continue reading →

Ask any Minnesotan today how their weekend was and 99.99% will say "Perfect!" They will most likely say this because, since in this state known for its frozen nature we are obsessed with talking about the weather, the weekend could … Continue reading →

"Give us grace in our changing dayto stand by the temple that is the present church,the noisesome templethe sometimes scandalised temple that is the presentchurch,listening sometimes to what again seems mumbo jumbo.Make it our custom to gotill the new outline … Continue reading →

"Rows and floes of angel hairAnd ice cream castles in the airAnd feather canyons ev'rywhereI've looked at clouds that way…….I've looked at clouds from both sides nowFrom up and down, and still somehowIts cloud illusions I recallI really don't know … Continue reading →

"Theodicy…..the branch of theology that defends God's goodness and justice in the face of the existence of evil; an attempted answer to the problem of evil; the justification of a deity, or the attributes of a deity, especially in regard … Continue reading →

"Here's what I want you to do. I want you to get out there and walk-better yet, run!-on the road God called you to travel. I don't want any of you sitting around on your hands. I don't want any … Continue reading →

"Late summer, and once again the egrets have come back.They stand in the marsh like white flowers.Like flowers slowly flying, they cross over the dark water."~Mary Oliver While walking through the Loring Park earlier this week, I saw an egret … Continue reading →