Monthly Archives: November 2009

After a long and wonderful few days of Thanksgiving food, friends and family, I was craving spicy food. I pulled into the Rainbow Foods parking lot on a mission to buy the ingredients for tacos. As I made my way … Continue reading →

This is a day for thanks.A day in which we see or hear or feelthe wonders of the othermoments of the year.This is a day for time.A day in which wethink of pasts that makeour present richand future beautiful.This is a … Continue reading →

"I would maintain that thanks are the highest form of thought; and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder. " ~G.K. Chesterton It is the week of the Thanksgiving holiday. In some ways it is an odd holiday. It centers … Continue reading →

"I have arrived, I am home, In the here,        In the now.I am solid. I am free. In the ultimate    I dwell."~Thich Nhat Hanh Last night I had a conversation with our youngest son who is living away from home for the … Continue reading →

I have spent the last several days reading and living with the submissions of our community for the soon-to-be-published Advent devotional on the theme 'Welcoming the Wild One'. To read the spiritual reflections of others, to glimpse the prayers and … Continue reading →

"The Moses in my heart tremblesnot quite willingto accept the prophet hidden in my beingwondering how much it will costto allow that prophet to emerge."~Macrina Wiederkehr I think I have written about Moses more than once in this space. I … Continue reading →

Riding along on the freeway today on my way to an early morning appointment, I was a little shocked to see a large truck piled high with evergreen trees. Hundreds of them, stacked to the top of the truck roof. … Continue reading →

"Let us dream of the angels that connect heaven and earth.Let us imagine the threads of the eternal woven into time.And let us know you among us now, O God.In this time and every time may we know your blessings … Continue reading →

I truly believe that these November days we are experiencing in Minnesota are nothing but pure gift. To have what is often the gloomiest month of the year be filled with sun, warm temperatures, green grass, the bluest sky, seems … Continue reading →

Our vocation is the work we do, I believe, because we must. Sometimes we are paid for this work. Other times, this is the work we do at the end of the day, after our paid job, because it is … Continue reading →