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Tag Archives: SBNR
House keeping
beside my home, on a plot of no man’s land, there is a dead tree that has been tall and empty, save for the occasional woodpecker stopping by for supper. but today in the rain new tenants moved in! they … Continue reading
weeding
pulling weeds how high they grow! sorting out, pulling out digging out all the rest – and there it is! a red cedar sapling standing tall (if small) sure of herself. i clear the spanish needles and the potato vines, … Continue reading
Posted in Blessings
Tagged art, cedar, dog, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-spirituality, gardening, ink brush painting, nature, poetry, purging, red cedar, SBNR, Spiritual ecology, spiritual releasing, spirituality, standard poodles, sumi-e, weeding
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directions
look down? look up? LOOK! See the new day sparkling around you! (trust all that reflects love)
ascension
The cardinal chirped in the tree beside her, hopped up one branch, And sang a note that she could hear. Climbing higher His song was small but bright and clear From branch to branch the bird went up , And … Continue reading
now
being present take practice.
Friends
the little old man pup can barely see, and so he take refuge under a friend. Step for step they walk thru grass, neither confident of the situation, they follow the path back home. we are likewise blind, though we … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged adopted dogs, animals, art, blessings, dachshund mix, dogs, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, friends, friendship, interspecies spirituality, love, nature, poetry, rescue dogs, SBNR, shelter, spirituality, standard poodle, sumi-e
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Emerging
on the fence a twig had grown thru a crack on the twig a chrysalis hung empty. There, still wet, newly emerged, gooey and bright, You dryed your wings in the morning sunlight. off to a bloom of grass – … Continue reading
Posted in Blessings, Winged wisdoms
Tagged art, born again, born anew, butterfly emerging from chrysalis, changes, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, nature is my religion, reborn, SBNR, Spiritual ecology, spirituality, sumi-e, transformation, transition, zebra butterfy
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pondering?
Posted in The Now
Tagged animals, beliive, black cat, blessings, cat, cats, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-spirituality, faith, interspecies spirituality, love, nature, poetry, SBNR, spirituality, sumi-e, surrender to God, trust
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swoop
driving. full of anticipations and distractions. SWOOP Peace eagle saves the day – I am focused and alert!
Posted in Winged wisdoms
Tagged art, bird, birds, driving, eco-chaplaincy, eco-spirituality, faith, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, nature, peace eagle, poetry, road trips, SBNR, shamanism, spirituality, traveling, turkey vulture, zen
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