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Tag Archives: Spiritual ecology
smoke signals
the cats came to the doors, crying. the skies were covered with yellow grey clouds everything was edged with burnt orange and smoke….. as they ran inside, we went out, in wonder. ashes fell gently from the sky, like snow. … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, black cat, cats, eco-spirituality, ecology, ecospirituality, forest fires, global warming, ink brush painting, lightening fires, nature, Okefenokee Swamp, poetry, Spiritual ecology, spirituality, sumi-e, swamp fires, tao, weird weather, zen
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Cawling
The mist is falling lightly as i stand outside to greet my day – a crow from somewhere unseen caws. searching i can not see You, here, i hear you. i must follow my cawling. It brightens me awake – … Continue reading
in your face….
i look down and see a beautiful blue dragon fly zig zag past my knees. my dog leaps back in surprise. at the shiny black eyes headed straight for his. where we stand, at any given moment is awe inspiring. … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged awe, blue dragonfly, chinese brush painting, dragonflies, dragonfly face close-up, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, ink brush painting, insects, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, judge not, love, nature, painting, poetry, self love, self-help, Spiritual ecology, spirituality, sumi-e
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beauty
sunset – sunrise, beauty is before me. beside me. behind me. how can you come into my home as if no one lived here? how are you so blind as to say – “there is nothing here?” Beauty is HERE. … Continue reading
Posted in The Now
Tagged beauty is before me, camping, developers, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, eco-theology, ecology, environmentalis, environmentalist, florida, landscape painting, nature, nature is my religion, pace, pax, saltlife, SBNR, Spiritual ecology, sumi-e, sunrise, sunset, wetlands
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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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Crow Collections
they say i collect shiny objects…. What if the shiny object i want is YOU! ( i am thankful for all shiny sparkly loving blessings – two legged, feathered, furred or finned)
conversations
tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap tap ♫SkCeeW♫ ♫SkCeeW♫ the band of bluejay and woodpecker sang the rhythm of life, and the world danced. (sometimes we do not need to know the words to hear the conversation.)
Posted in The Now
Tagged animals, art, bird, birds, birdsongs, bluejay, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, ink brush painting, love, nature, poetry, sacred dance, Spiritual ecology, spirituality, sumi-e, woodpecker
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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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grasshopper
each step of the way, there you are jumping before me, teaching with each hop.
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