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Tag Archives: eco-chaplaincy
Solace
overcome by grief and despair, i take to bed, to get some comfort there – thinking it would come in the shape of dreams instead it gently jumped on me with four paws, then four more – and gentle solace … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged all lives matter, animal assisted chaplaincy, black lives matter, calico cats, cats, dogs, dreams, eco-chaplaincy, grief, ink brush painting, justice, love, mourning, naps, pain, poetry, police lives matter, poodle, sacred activism, sleep, spirituality, standard poodle, sumi-e, unity
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hope
on a leaf sat a small frog who looked all alone. then i looked at the back of the leaf, there were 5 tiny green amphibians. Whose got your back? . sometimes we all feel like we are very small, … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged alone, anole, baby tree frogs, belonging, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, frog on leaf, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, loneliness, lonely, love, meditation, mysticism, nature, poetry, sacred community, spiritual practice, spirituality, sumi-e, tao, tiny green frog, tree frog, zen
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eeuuwww, oh wait, what?
GROSS! it’s a giant bird turd! with eyes? and it moves? It’s an bird poop caterpillar! I can’t wait to see the chrysalis …. … look, there is another one! no wonder the leaves on the lemon tree are all … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged beauty, bird poop, camouflage, caterpillars, droppings, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, experience, interspecies spirituality, lemon tree, nature, poetry, spiritual growth, spirituality, sumi-e, swallowtail butterflies, tao, wisdom, zen
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pause for peace
against the window the tiger pressed her back while i looked down from above. the glass was cool from the air conditioning inside. Her upturned paws evaporating her heat. we both took respite from the sun in the shade. what … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, animal assisted meditation, big cats, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, gratitude, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, love, meditation, nature, peace, poetry, shamanism, spirituality, sumi-e, tao, zen
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wet
but never forget, even when all wet. you are loved.
reaching
Posted in The Now
Tagged dream catchers, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, faith, ink brush painting, interspirituality, love, mysticism, nature, orb weavers, poetry, spiders, spiderwebs, spirituality, stretching, sumi-e, trees, webs
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SHOUT
whether in prayer or in protest, speak out, speak up.
Posted in Winged wisdoms
Tagged animals, birds, caws, crows, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, ink brush painting, love, nature, old crow, poetry, prayer, sacred activism, shamanism, social action, spirituality, sumi-e, truth
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to infinity
the flamingos stood in the shade carving the truth with their necks – upright, upside-down… and then those moments when we stand in infinity…. if ever so briefly before… “why are they called pink when they are orange?” we are … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, eternity, florida, infinity, ink brush painting, interspirituality, nature, pink flamingos, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e, water birds, wisdom
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