Sunday, January 25, 2009
Like Water Beneath A Bridge
Always green, always moist and mossy, fern-filled forests with slimy slugs-- I love the Pacific Northwest, Dear God. I'm so glad that you made it different-- different from the saguaro cactus deserts of Arizona, different from the rolling plains of Kansas that seem to never end, different from the...
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Friday, January 23, 2009
Reaching ...
Dear God, When I stood beneath this great live oak tree, the branches seemed to extend out forever, twisting, twining, reaching. I tried to take a picture of it all from many angles and I could not take it all in--in one shot. Life is like that, I think--only a bit can be seen at any one given...
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Thursday, January 22, 2009
Footless And Fancy Free
Today, upon the ice I saw one goose apart from all the rest standing oh so still, in the sunshine, upon one foot--one was all he had. I wondered why, Oh God, and what would happen when he tried to move, and if there were no ice could he swim a straight line, or would he go around in circles. I...
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Roots
Dear Lord, When I went to the Missouri Ozarks, to Oklahoma, and to Tennessee looking for my roots, I was filled with awe at pieces of information that I found in strange places like old cemeteries and county records. How can one really understand themselves--who they are, if they know not whence...
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Mountain Morning
When the day breaks and the shadows flee away, my mind and heart seek you, O Heavenly God and Father. Through a lifetime of trial and error, I have found that morning prayer time is as important to my soul as a good breakfast is to a camper in the wilds who plans a day of hiking in the mountains....
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