Tag Archives: eco-chaplaincy

Flight

Posted on February 14, 2016 by eteal

in front of me is the meadow, hundreds of tiny birds are in the grass… i enter into the sunlight – everything around me takes flight.

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Posted in The Now | Tagged eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, Flock of birds, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, meadows, mysticism, nature, poetry, sparrows, spirituality, sumi-e, sunlight, tao, zen | Leave a comment

Family

Posted on February 13, 2016 by eteal

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Posted in Animal assisted therapy, Blessings, God's dog, grief, mourning, therapy dog | Tagged adoption, animal assisted chaplaincy, animals, art, crying, eco-chaplaincy, family, gratitude, grief, interspecies spirituality, meme, nature, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e, tears | Leave a comment

i could stand here all day and no one would notice standing in alb and apron, still, sideways to the world, watching through mirrors and windows as trucks pass and bicycles and dogs. still. standing. fragments of a world in turmoil … Continue reading →

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Posted in Poems, Statements of Faith, Tao Cats, The Now, True Stories | Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, art, battle scars, be impeccable with your words, black cat, black cats, chaplaincy, conflict resolution, eco-chaplaincy, faith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, love, mysticism, peace, poetry, religion, SBNR, spirituality, standing meditation, sumi-e, tao, The Path, the way, walking meditation, war, words as weapons, zazen, zen | 1 Comment

Blue skies and shadows

Posted on February 11, 2016 by eteal

Somedays we are so focused on our reverie, we fail to see the shadows that are right over our heads! I stand in a field of green looking up at a sky of blue – thrilled by the sight of … Continue reading →

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Posted in God's dog, The Now | Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, animal assisted spiritual direction, being saved, blessings, dogs with bones, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, faith, hawks, humility, ink brush painting, love, nature, poetry, predatory behavior, sacred inquiry, salvation, shadow work, shadows, shamanism, soaring, spiritual direction, spirituality, sumi-e, toy dogs | Leave a comment

Flight patterns

Posted on February 10, 2016 by eteal

above me cranes fly over my head, reminding me we all have own own flight plans even if our destinies are the same.

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Posted in The Now | Tagged beloved community, birds, cranes in flight, death, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, faith, grief, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspiritual, loss, love, mysticism, nature, poetry, shamanism, sumi-e, Unitarian Universalist, unity | Leave a comment

Patched up.

Posted on February 7, 2016 by eteal

As i sit here and heal, my teacher arrives: Watch and purr. and pray. you are mending, it will all be ok!

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Posted in Animal assisted therapy, Tao Cats | Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, animals, art, bad fall, calico cat, calico cats, cat, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, healing, interspecies spirituality, love, mysticism, nature, poetry, recovery, spirituality, sumi-e | Leave a comment

dreamtime

Posted on February 6, 2016 by eteal

in the mist and fog of an awakening dream, all is silent. no dogs bark. and i see You.

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Posted in Elders, Mythic Stories | Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, animals, art, deer, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, pointed buck, stag | Leave a comment

soft grey naps

Posted on February 4, 2016 by eteal

on soft grey rainy days, when we feel boxed into a corner, sometimes we all need soft grey naps. and sweet dreams.

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Posted in The Now | Tagged eco-chaplaincy, eco-spirituality, gray poodles, healing, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, mysticism, nap time, poetry, rainy days, silver poodle, smoke poodles, spirituality, sumi-e | Leave a comment

Falling down

Posted on February 2, 2016 by eteal

yes, today i fell down, in a parking lot – right on my face, wrists and my knees…. no i was not embarrassed, i was pleased i had not squashed the little dog in the soft carrier – people ran … Continue reading →

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Comfort

Posted on January 28, 2016 by eteal

i didn’t know where You were, I searched and searched. and when I found you? I thought You were dead! but then You peed – all over my comforter……. what a relief! for You and me. i never thought i … Continue reading →

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Flight

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Family

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Standing

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Blue skies and shadows

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Flight patterns

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Patched up.

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dreamtime

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