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Tag Archives: eco-spirituality
Full
Somedays are so full, I can’t even find paper and brush under all the Love.
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Swoop in
From the highest pine, She swooped down. The raindrops,too startled to continue to drop, Seemed suspended… As if for a moment, all time froze. So this is eternity. This beautiful savage moment. This magical Grace.
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Tagged art, bird of prey, blessings, carpe diem, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, Elizabeth Teal., falcon, hawk, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, Liz Teal, love, mysticism, nature, new year, poetry, shamanism, spirituality, sumi-e
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Sun on a rainy day
The sky was grey, Not a shred of blue, But outside the studio , a hurricane had blown a stalk of sunflowers down months ago, And there in the rain, all along the fallen stalks, were blooms, reaching to the … Continue reading
Gifts
She brought him her prize, a small rubber snake. . Graciously, he took it and tossed it into the air. And a game was born. . True trust is found in the mutuality of play.
Peace
After standing in the pulpit, i often find myself in the company of cows. Today, soft brown ones, lying in a field, Having no need of preaching. Simply by being there, They provided pastoral care.
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Comfort and Joy
Find yourself surrounded by comfort freely given. Heal with joy!
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Pause
Everyone needs a sabbath, No matter what they may look like. How do you remember the sabbath?
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