Tom & I have just returned from Camano Island where we participated in a botanical tour on the land where we hope to create a monastic eco village. The tour was conducted by Bob Dietal rector at St Aidan’s Episcopal church in Stanwood. Bob used to be a botanist and was amazingly knowledgeable about all [...]
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Late yesterday afternoon I took a break from my usual activities and followed some of the fun and interesting links that I had come across in the last few days. Yes that is the kind of thing that I do for relaxation.
Most of them explore different aspects of autumn (sorry to my readers in the [...]
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My friend Jeff Johnson has just put together this promo for an upcoming CD he and Rhil Keaggy have produced. It Features photographs and images by artist, Kathy Hastings which inspired the instrumental collaboration between guitarist, Phil Keaggy and keyboardist, Jeff Johnson. As you know I love Jeff’s music and often use it as background [...]
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It is a beautiful day in Seattle, the Spirituality of Gardening seminar is only a week away and much to my delight the garden is thriving. We have already harvested about 20 lettuce and more Chinese greens than I thought we could manage to use even with all three households in the Mustard Seed House [...]
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A couple of days ago I was sitting watching the humming birds at our backyard feeder. They are the most amazing creatures whose very nature defies our understanding of the laws we think govern all of life. I am constantly in awe of their remarkable lives whose very existence reminds us that our God is [...]
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I have just been sent a copy of an earth day prayer by Sam Hamilton-Poore who has just written a book called Earth Gospel: A Guide to Prayer for God’s Creation. The book has just jumped to the top of my must read list. It is available from Upper Room. Here are links to a couple of [...]
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Today starts the fourth week of lent and for those of you that are following my Lenten guide, this is the week that we focus on the brokenness of creation. I thought that this image from Adbusters was a very thought provoking one to begin our reflections. And to add more fuel to our thoughts [...]
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Someone commented yesterday on how many of my reflections revolve around the garden and I have been thinking about why this is so ever since. I did not grow up as a garden lover – in fact my mother is constantly amazed at how keen I have become on gardening. I think that it was [...]
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I have been yawning too much and my brain is frozen so thought that I would just share a couple of interesting news items from CNN
First there are more weird and wonderful things out there in our world than we ever imagined.
A rat believed to be extinct for 11 million years, a spider with a [...]
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