Loving God, grant that my faith may be as solid as the earth, my heart as limpid as still water, my mind as honest and straightforward as the sun’s light. May my spirit be as docile to your Spirit as the air to your creating Breath, and may my presence on earth never obstruct the [...]
Category Archive for 'Creation'
I hesitate to write this for fear that people won’t want to come to our house, but the other day when I opened the door to the water heater closet, I found myself face to face with a snake. This was not just your ordinary green garden snake, but a brown and gold striped creature [...]
Eyes to See
Posted in Beauty, Contemplation, Creation on Feb 26th, 2005
One day while I was still living in Louisiana, I went out for my evening walk with the expectation of seeing nothing new — except perhaps larger cracks in the levee from the oppressive heat and drought. However, walking along the lake, I stopped at one spot to approach the water, and to my surprise [...]
I had never seen a meteor shower before the recent Leonid “meteor storm” (as it was described on NASA’s web site). So when it was announced that there would not be another as spectacular as this one for a hundred years or so, I decided to take action. Now taking action in this case meant [...]
Late the other night I was reading peacefully when I heard a tremendous clatter from the front of the house. The clatter was followed by a pitiful chittering sound. I put down my book to investigate and followed the chittering to the entranceway. There on the porch, just outside the full-length front windows, was a [...]