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Tag Archives: nature is my religion
big blue
the biggest bluest dragonfly i have ever seen landed on the flower. “wow,” i said, “is there any room for anyone else?” i said laughing! and a voice said, “Of course, silly!, all are welcome in the Garden!”
tiny moments of grace
the sky is blue and vast. some try to make a moment last, and in trying, lose it in their grasp. i look at my feet, bare on the grass, surrounded by so much life, that i am as overwhelmed as … Continue reading
weed’em and reap
Posted in joy, Winged wisdoms
Tagged amo, bees, butterfly, echinaea, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-spirituality, faith, gardening, hate, hope, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, joy, love, nature, nature is my religion, poetry, polinators, spirituality, sumi-e
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Giants
Fluttering your wings, you alight on the lemon tree – you are as large as my hand! stunned, everything flies out of my mind but You. awakened by a giant, everything flies out of my heart but YOU.
Posted in Winged wisdoms
Tagged angels, art, butterflies, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, giant swallowtail butterfly, giants, God, ink brush meditiation, meditation, mystic experience, mysticism, nature, nature is my religion, poetry, sacred companions, spirituality, sumi-e
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splat
he lies at my feet in a puddle, and has never learned to purr – he is as black as the darkest night and he is covered in velvet fur .. i love my big back ink splat cat. and … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, black cats, compassion, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, grace, gratitude, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, love, mysticism, natural spirituality, nature, nature is my religion, poetry, sacred texts, spirituality, sumi-e
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Ancient Runes
the Sun is up! and i am standing in a spill of golden bright. next to me, at eye level is a furred sprite – and above yet another. they look look east and west, as i gaze north. … Continue reading
Posted in Statements of Faith
Tagged beloved community, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, faith, fehu, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, love, morning meditation, nature, nature is my religion, poetry, runes, SBNR, spirituality, squirrels, sumi-e, sunshine, Unitarian Universalism, unity
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invisibility
even in the shadows, where you think You are invisible, you are Loved.
Posted in The Now
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, black cat, cat, cats, feral cat, ink brush painting, mysticism, nature is my religion, poetry, stray cats, sumi-e
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OH, possum?
people shreek at me and say i am a giant rat – not that here is anything wrong with that – but i am an opossum – or so you have called me – i have my own secret name, … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, animals, art, eco-spirituality, love, nature, nature is my religion, opossum, poetry, possum, rats, sacred names, shamanism, spirituality, sumi-e, vermin, watercolor
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Squirrel and the Moon
Saw You today, playing in my yard, dancing on the fence, jumping limb to limb over the heads of cats, dogs and me. we all head Home in the end. but i wonder, on nights like this – do you … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged back yards, dancing, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, ecology, full moon, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, love, nature, nature is my religion, play, poetry, SBNR, spirituality, squirrels, sumi-e, The Seventh Principle, trees, Unitarian Universalism, web of life
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