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Beach Prayer Stick

Beach Prayer Stick

by | Sep 21, 2015 | Ordinary, Reflections | 2 comments

On my desk is a stick. It’s smooth-polished by the tumble of lake and stone. It just might be marked by beaver teeth, making it very Canadian. I hand-picked it from a lake in the Mt. Carleton Provincial Park. I held a few in my hand before I found a good length,...
The Echoing Deep

The Echoing Deep

by | Sep 2, 2015 | Ordinary, Reflections | 0 comments

I love the sound of waterfalls. When I listen this poetry is in my heart. Deep calls to deep     in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers     have swept over me. – Psalm 42:7 (NIV) Deep calling to Deep has long resounded as charism or...
Spirituality of the Nighttime

Spirituality of the Nighttime

by | Aug 29, 2015 | Ordinary, Reflections | 6 comments

It’s a long time since I needed a flashlight to see. Really see. Not just shine light upon for greater clarity, but really see. We needed a flashlight at Mt. Carleton Provincial Park in New Brunswick. (You travel to Bathurst and turn left and drive in the woods...
Poetry and Prayer

Poetry and Prayer

by | Aug 3, 2015 | Ordinary, Reflections | 4 comments

At 18 years, I discovered the power of poetry. My summer job in a Nursing Home got interesting when my grandfather loaned me an old school reader. As I read poems, the room filled with the echo of old voices picking up the rhythm of long ago memorized lines. Some...
Grace with Grace

Grace with Grace

by | Jul 29, 2015 | Ordinary, Reflections | 4 comments

We were walking early in the morning, Grace and I. She saw a Real Estate sign and the agent was Grace! She said she saw a church sign near her house: Grace United. “Grace is a great word,” I said. She looked interested. It’s hard to define grace to a...
Like a Tree

Like a Tree

by | Jun 23, 2015 | Ordinary, Reflections | 2 comments

“But the blessed ones grow strong as living trees, their roots sink deep and hidden beside the flowing  streams which come from you.”  – Psalm 1:3a, Ancient Songs Sung Anew (Bauman) I loved biology in school. I fulfilled my science requirement...
There Be a Dragon

There Be a Dragon

by | May 5, 2015 | Ordinary, Reflections | 0 comments

I saw a fire hydrant pushed of its base in my walk. I think a dragon did it. Dragons don’t like water, right? It’s an insult to their dragon fire. I’m looking for dragons, along with others from Stroll for Your Soul. Brian Swimme says the universe is...