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Beyond Pink and Blue
then this happened… just because you want to play with things doesn’t mean it’s safe to play with them. Play responsibly without labels.
Posted in The Now
Tagged cat toys, dog toys, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, equality, humor, interspecies spirituality, love, nature, pink and blue toys, playtime, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e, toys, toys for toy dogs
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Blue skies and shadows
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
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
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Flight patterns
above me cranes fly over my head, reminding me we all have own own flight plans even if our destinies are the same.
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
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side by side
we do not have to see eye to eye to stand side by side.
Posted in The Now
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, animals, art, beloved community, community, eco-ministry, eco-spirituality, feral cats, ink brush meditiation, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, love, mysticism, nature, poetry, sacred activism, sacred activist, solidarity, spirituality, sumi-e, unity, zen
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come sing a song with me…
they say that a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, but what if there are two in the bush, right in front of you – knee high? oh nothing is worth more than a duet of … Continue reading
Patched up.
As i sit here and heal, my teacher arrives: Watch and purr. and pray. you are mending, it will all be ok!
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
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pillow talk
beside me on a pillow a small snore reminds me…. dream.
Posted in The Now
Tagged adopted dog, animal assisted chaplaincy, chihuahua mix, dreams, dreamtime, gratitude, hope, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, love, naps, nature, papillion mix, Papillions, poetry, puppy love, sacred dreaming, spirituality, sumi-e, toy dogs dogs on the bed
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Did you hear the fall?
speak words of Love, gently, to all beings.
Posted in The Now
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, bird, birds, birds squabbling, brush painting, cardinals, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, female cardinals, first principle project, forest for the trees, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, love, male cardinals, meditation, mysticism, nature, nature as a guide, poetry, sacred listening, spiritual direction, spirituality, sumi-e
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