-
Recent Posts
Ministry of Animals
Archives
- July 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- February 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- October 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- October 2016
- September 2016
- August 2016
- July 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- November 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- April 2012
- February 2012
- September 2011
- August 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
Categories
- Animal assisted therapy
- animal facilitated chaplaincy
- Blessings
- bugs
- Bunny Blessings & Rabbit Roamings
- Bunny Love
- Cardinal Rules
- Ceremonies
- Dao Dogs
- Elders
- God's dog
- Gratitudes
- grief
- joy
- loss
- mourning
- Mythic Stories
- pet loss
- Poems
- positive poodle
- Quandaries
- Statements of Faith
- Tao Cats
- The Now
- therapy dog
- True Stories
- Winged wisdoms
- zen dog
Meta
Follow me on Twitter
My Tweets
Tag Archives: birds
light
sun rise or sun set? flying to the light, or aways from it? i watch the birds and long to simply sit in it. visions of highwaymen, and flora and fauna, of a childhood of flip flops and sunburns – … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged birds, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, florida, florida birds, highwaymen, ink brush painting, inspiration, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, meditation, mysticism, nature, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e, sunrise, sunset, water color painting
Leave a comment
overwhelmed
overwhelmed and lost i turn to the crow beside to road, looking for wisdom, i hear to hoots of the owl — but all i understand are echoes of my own insecurities – and the fact that this real owl … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged American crow, birds, crow, Earth centered spirituality, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, faith, gratitude, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, lost, love, love poem, meditation, mysticism, nature, nature as a guide, owl, poetry, road, shamanism, spiritual direction, spirituality, sumi-e, traveling
Leave a comment
conversations
i stepped outside and all the birds were singing….. or were they speaking? i was doing my best to listen to the words… but in truth, all i could understand was the melody… and sometimes that’s enough.
Song
Come Out Side Sang the bird by the fountain. Come out And Play!
Posted in The Now
Tagged birds, coming out, ink brush, joy, peace, plein air, Spring, sumi-e
Leave a comment
broken clothesline
the clothesline has fallen, but the tree, just beginning to bud and bloom beckoned – hang out here! meanwhile the residents were in a bit of a flap…. “new neighbors?”
Posted in Winged wisdoms
Tagged aprons, birds, cartoon, clerical garments, clothesline, eco-chaplaincy, habits, hanging laundry, humor, Imbolc, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, laundry day, love, mock cherry tree, neighbors, poetry, scapulars, smocks, spirituality, Spring, tunics, washing day
Leave a comment
Color
a flash of the most brilliant red, startled me awake – flitting from the bay laurel into the sweet gum, from the sweet gum into the oak flashes of red streamed into my head – promising blessings with every streak. … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged art, birds, black and white, cardinals, daily meditation practice, daily pages, daily painting, eco-spirituality, florida, interspirituality, journaling, mysticism, nature, painting, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e
1 Comment
Reality
I am cleaning in a room i never clean – perhaps it is because the room is painted to look like you are outside – even the curtains are leaves and twigs and covered with birds — then i realize … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged anoles, birds, brush painting, cleaning, climate change, curtains, Earth centered spirituality, eco-ministry, eco-spirituality, ecology, global warming, housework, love, nature, poetry, reality, sumi-e, survival, truth, washing
Leave a comment
flittering
the morning sun kissed the leaves and my lashes as i bowed my head in prayer. all around me a chorus sang and there was dancing everywhere. i could keep my head bowed no more, but raised it in praise … Continue reading
Posted in Winged wisdoms
Tagged bird watching, birds, chorus, dancing, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, hope, lauds, love, meditation, mystic, mysticism, painting, poetry, prayer, small flock of birds, song, tree branch
Leave a comment
lesson from some birds
they say that birds of a feather flock together… as if to validate ideas that segregate – but observation tells a truer story, even if our feathers don’t match – we all share the same air, and we land on … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged air, birds, birds of a feather, cranes, ducks, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, ecology, feathers, flight, herons, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, nature, pigeons, spirituality, sumi-e, together, tolerance, unity
Leave a comment
Ministry of Animals 