I have already talked about my resolve to become more balanced in the coming year, Seeking to Find My Balance in the New Year But before today, I had no plan for how I’d achieve that elusive balance. It is already January 3, and today, I’ll lay out a more concrete set of goals: Here…
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It’s Okay to Pray for Yourself – Anne Lamott Quotes about Prayer – Help, Thanks, Wow
Recently, I participated in a prayer group, and one of the first orders of business was that of adding names to a prayer list. We had several categories to add names of people who needed prayer, and when every category was mentioned, I thought to myself, “I need to add my own name. I need…
Prayer with Anne Lamott’s Book: Help, Thanks, Wow – Pray in Private
Yesterday, I decided to offer a special online event featuring Anne Lamott’s book about prayer, Help, Thanks, Wow. That decision came after I shared my experience with Light in my garden and afterward when I came inside and randomly fell on the page in Lamott’s book where she talks about Light. I promise…
Preparing for Harvest with Anne Lamott – Help, Thanks, Wow
Occasionally the signs align perfectly, and an idea comes to me for a new online event. Today is July 1, and I went out to my garden and began harvesting from my garden this morning. As I set my newly gathered vegetables on my porch table, I noticed nearby my new copy of Anne Lamott’s…
The Daily Harvest from My Garden – The Gifts of God for the People of God
Harvested from My Garden Today–on My Screened Porch. Heirloom Cucumbers, Better Boy Tomatoes, Kentucky Wonder Green Beans, and California Giant Zinnias. i did not plant the cucumbers or the beans. They are returns from dropped seeds last summer. This morning I went out to my garden and loaded the tale of my t-shirt with some…
The Empty Lot of My Childhood – Mow It – Make A Path – Weed to Find the Way – Joy Comes in the Morning
On one scorching hot summer morning, I heard the ratcheting sound of lawn mowers firing up. I hoped the sound was coming from my yard. For days, feather-tufted spikes of Johnson Grass had been waving jubilantly in the wind. I rushed to the door to be sure that my ears were not deceiving me, and…
God Is Light: He Feeds & Waters the World – from Psalm 104
Psalm 104 1 Praise the Lord, my soul. Lord my God, you are very great; you are clothed with splendor and majesty. 2 The Lord wraps himself in light as with a garment; he stretches out the heavens like a tent 3 and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters. He makes the clouds his chariot and rides on the wings of the wind. He…
Song of Creation – Book of Common Prayer and Bless His Holy Name Psalm 103:1
A Song of Creation Benedicite, omnia opera Domini Glorify the Lord, all you works of the Lord, praise him and highly exalt him for ever. In the firmament of his power, glorify the Lord, praise him and highly exalt him for ever. The Cosmic Order Glorify the Lord, you angels and all powers of the…
Collect for Evening Prayer
The Collect Lord Jesus, stay with us, for evening is at hand and the day is past; be our companion in the way, kindle our hearts, and awaken hope, that we may know you as you are revealed in Scripture and the breaking of bread. Grant this for the sake of your love. Amen. The…
O Gracious Light – Gloria Patri – The Book of Common Prayer
O Gracious Light Phos hilaron O gracious Light, pure brightness of the everliving Father in heaven, O Jesus Christ, holy and blessed; Now as we come to the setting of the sun, and our eyes behold the vesper light, we sing your praises, O God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. You are worthy at…