Creating Space for Beauty
I’ve found that experiencing beauty as a regular part of my day requires cultivating a welcoming space: physical space, such as having a special area to d...
Tag: delight
Feathered Gratitude
268. Grateful for the little hummers visiting me today. 269. For the little feet. 270. For the amazing wings. 271. For glints of iridescent red. 272. For the Cr...
Thank-Full
Mondays are for gratitude…counting to 1000 and beyond… 221. The twinfants were born to my dear friends Kimberlee and Doug: Ben and Luke. After a scary week, my...
Three Weeks of Thanks
Mondays are for gratitude…counting to 1000 and beyond… “We never know where God hides His pools. We see a rock, and we cannot guess it is the...
Gratitude
Mondays are for gratitude…counting to 1000 and beyond… 193. The birth of Sarah Kathleen on Friday morning to dear friends Cathee and Brian. Yay! 194...
Welcome Little Child
From a Christmas sermon by St John Chrysostom (349-407 AD): “What shall I say! And how shall I describe this Birth to you? For this wonder fills me with a...
Anamnesis
As I look at the beautiful Christmas tree here at my parent’s home, hung with 40 years of memories, I’m struck by how this tree is like memory itsel...
Believing is Seeing
In a delightful children’s book called Tales of the Kingdom, Karen Mains tells the story of Hero, a young boy who finds a gateway into Great Park. He has ...