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Snake
There’s a snake in the Garden of Eden. A fat copperhead. And I myself must not amount to much because he was not startled enough even to bother to bite me. Instead he sidled away, s-wise, slowly, scaly belly to the fertile ground, while I froze in place, my hand on a broad squash leaf […]
An Incomparable Earthsprings Moment
Mostly I experience, absorb, wonder, and move on. Sometimes I just have to share… Many of you have been to Earthsprings and know the folks who live here, like Tux the tomcat, for example. Some of you haven’t been to Earthsprings, so let me fill you in. Several years ago Tux came up out of […]
Perennials, Archetypes, and Eternal Life
Today the daylily that Rebecca Estes’ father hybridized in memory of Shelia and Rich’s son, Kenneth Collins, is blooming again here at Earthsprings. This morning, after taking a picture of it, I walked up the hill to the big old pecan tree under which some of Ken’s ashes were sprinkled. I spent some time thinking […]
A Life of Service
Jim Lemon wasn’t the very first person I met when I moved to Texas twenty-five years ago. But he was the first person I met about whom I thought “Now here is someone I can talk with about things that really matter!” And, off and on, we’ve been talking ever since. But it hasn’t been […]
A Quote from Ramakrishna
“We are all calling on the same God. Jealousy and malice need not be. Some say that God is formless, and some that God has form. I say, let one man meditate on God with form if he believes in form, and let another meditate on the formless Deity if he does not believe in […]
Holy Saturday
Today, in the Christian tradition, is Holy Saturday. Even for non-Christians, the associations to this holiday (holy day) can carry powerful life lessons. The Christian liturgy says that Holy Saturday falls between Good Friday, when Jesus was crucified and buried in a tomb, and Easter Sunday, when Jesus was seen, resurrected. Thus Holy Saturday is […]
“Earth” and “Linda Hogan”
Today I added to the Fellowship website two new items. Under the “Newsletter” heading, I added an excerpt from Circle of Sisters, a monthly email newsletter I send to women who have attended some workshop or retreat with me and who have expressed an interest in the mission of the Fellowship. The title of the […]
Julian of Norwich on “God”
“We are in God, and God, whom we do not see, is in us.” Julian of Norwich To learn more about Julian (or Juliana) of Norwich, click on the “Inspiring People” button above and select Juliana of Norwich.
Karen Armstrong on Compassion
I highly recommend last night’s discussion on PBS between Bill Moyers and Karen Armstrong, author of numerous books on a variety of world religions, as they discuss Compassion, which Armstrong says is the touchstone of all religions and the key to solving so many of the controversies in the world today. She references ancient as […]
What We Assume
It wasn’t the raccoon, as I thought. It was the old black crow who turned over the cats’ metal bowls I had moved way out to the picnic table to escape the hissing ‘possom that otherwise terrorizes the kitchen doorway at night. Things are seldom what we assume. This morning I walked in stars, millions […]
