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We find a delight in the beauty and happiness of children
We find a delight in the beauty and happiness of children
Beauty's golden gleam
Beauty's golden gleam
Embrace Beauty by looking for novelty in each day
Embrace Beauty by looking for novelty in each day
The Open-Ended House
Open-ended: That's how I describe the home where my husband and I now live. Since we purchased our well-worn (shabby-sans-chic) historic house 3 years ago, we have been renovating and restoring. For…
Beauty is rather mysterious
Beauty is rather mysterious
The One Great Sadness
We can then see our own suffering as a voluntary participation in the one Great Sadness of God. . . . Within this meaningful worldview, we can build something new, good, and forever original, whi…
The Drip Drip of Persistence
Recently, a friend of mine, the Australian composer and theologian Robert Burrell, e-mailed me a piece of music, a little song he composed for students and teachers to encourage them during the pand…
Spirit Bathing for the Worried and Beleaguered
We must risk delight. We can do without pleasure, but not delight. Not enjoyment. We must have the stubbornness to accept our gladness in the ruthless furnace of this world.
— Jack Gilbert, A…
Return to the Body
The first step on a spiritual path today is a return to a sense of one's own body.
— Martha Heyneman
Mary Oliver and the World of Everywhere
On a soft, snowy morning I read a poem by Mary Oliver. And in the afternoon, it came to me, a notice of her death. Too soon! I thought. Too soon to lose a talent of this magnitude. My heart rocked i…