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Tag Archives: unity
The common table
I know that as an obligate carnivore, I must eat meat…. But if you share your cereal bowl, it would be really neat. …….. We all have different foods that fill us, we have different needs, But we can still … Continue reading
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Tagged blessings, carnivores, creeds, Elizabeth Teal., food, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, Liz Teal, love, meals, poetry, radical hospitality, spirituality, sumi-e, unity, vegan, vegetarians
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Conversations
The goose sat on the grass While another stood beside Her. Honk. HONK. . We never really know if we being heard Unless we are in a dialogue You honk and me, I honk back… And soon we can fly … Continue reading
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Tagged conflict resolution, conversation, discord, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, Elizabeth Teal., geese, goose, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, Liz Teal, meditation, nature, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e, unity
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Camping
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Tagged art, bears, drumming, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, florida, ink brush painting, interspecies spirituality, love, nature, paralounge, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e, unity
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Peace Out
The little brindled Dog Lay dead by the side of the highway. I only got the slightest of glimpses Yet tears burst forth from the dams of my eyelids As I drove. The rain poured inside and out. . Only … Continue reading
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Tagged animals, art, compassion, death, dog, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, Elizabeth Teal., hit and run, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, interspirituality, Liz Teal, love, nature, pets, poetry, road kill, spirituality, sumi-e, unity, wildlife
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Heaven
I sit in the sunlight working on a sermon, Or a talk, If you are more comfortable with that… Hopefully not a lecture… To be delivered this Sunday From a pulpit, or a podium if you are more comfortable with … Continue reading
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Tagged animal assisted chaplaincy, clouds, Elizabeth Teal., heaven, ink, little white dog, Liz Teal, Ministry, poem, poetry, sermons, sofa, standard poodle, theology, Unitarian Universalist, unity, UU, water color, writing
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Flames & Moths
Like a moth to the flame i seek You In all i do. And I find You Reflected back to me in everything Everywhere.
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Tagged blessings, brush painting, daily practice, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, Elizabeth Teal., faith, flames, flowers, hibiscus, ink brush painting, Liz Teal, love, meditation, moths, mysticism, nature, poetry, rosella flowers, sacred activism, spirituality, sumi-e, unity
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Communion
The child slide the slice of apple thru the chain link fence. The goat received it, with thanksgiving. May we all be so blessed by those who encounter our barriers. May we receive all gifts with thanksgiving.
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Tagged AAE, AAI, animal assisted education, animal assisted interventions, animal assisted therapy, art, blessings, child, children, communion, community, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-mysticism, eco-spirituality, Elizabeth Teal., goat, goats, grace, gratitude, hope, ink brush painting, interfaith, interspecies spirituality, Liz Teal, love, meditation, nature, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e, Thanksgiving, unity
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Mirroring
I thought She caught a glimpse of Herself in the shiny surface of the mirror But She saw Me! . See yourself in others, See others in the mirror. We are One.
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Tagged active listening, dog, dogs, eco-chaplaincy, eco-ministry, eco-spirituality, Elizabeth Teal., goddess, hope, ink, ink brush painting, Liz Teal, mirror neurons, mysticism, nature, poetry, spirituality, sumi-e, unity, universalism
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