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Tag Archives: nature as a guide
hidden joys
The bottle brush in bloom beckons… yes, fireworks are still making the occasional rattle and spark – but nothing compares to the red explosions at the end of each branch. Hummingbirds and bees dash in for sips, Little lizards eat … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged anoles, bottlebrush tree, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, hymns of nature, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, lizards, mindefulness, mindfullness, mysticism, nature, nature as a guide, poetry, red flowers, spirituality, sumi-e, universalism, water color, water color and sumi-e ink
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Solstice solace
a trinity appears before me – jumping into my heart and soul. . the sun sets the rainclouds afire as the sky begins to weep. . the storm over, a chorus amphibian sings Your praises. . all gods are made … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, chorus, eco-ministry, eco-spirituality, faith, frogs, green tree frogs, journaling, made in the image of God, mysticism, nature, nature as a guide, painintg, poetry, sacred earth, sacred fire, spirituality, summer solstice, tadpoles, water color, water colour
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worship
atop the pole the crow looked up… at what? i could not say – but i stayed and looked up too.
Posted in Winged wisdoms
Tagged American crow, animal assisted chaplaincy, crows, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, feeling better, healing, hope, ink, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, meditation, mystic shamanism, mysticism, nature as a guide, pax, poetry, practical faith, prayer, spirituality, sumi-e, sumi-e ink, universal shamanism, worship
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looking for love
Love is in the air….. what did you think it would look like?
Posted in The Now
Tagged art, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, expectations, humor, joy, love, male anole, male lizard, mating behavior, Mother Nature, nature, nature as a guide, sacred, Spring
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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
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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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You
You yeah, YOU! It’s ok to be the loud bird in the tree. Sing your song!
Posted in The Now
Tagged bird in tree, birds, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, joy, make a joyful noise, nature as a guide, nature is my religion, singing, song, Spring, sumi-e
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portals and windows
i stop and stare / wisps of rainbows capture me / i step thru a portal into this world. for a moment the door and i are connected, the light refracts in silver bright colours and moves with my movements. … Continue reading
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