A number of years ago I had the pleasure of spending time with a 3-year-old Spaniard. His mother worked for the family I was living with in Paris. Although Juanito spoke no English and little French, and my Spanish was minimal, we enjoyed each other’s company. A favorite activity was looking at mail-order catalogs. Even [...]
Category Archive for 'Immersed in God'
Wrapped in Mercy
Posted in Immersed in God, Mercy on Feb 20th, 2005
A golden dust has been sprinkled over everything in our part of Florida. We move through it. We walk on it. We breathe it in. OK, so it is really yellow, not gold, and it is ordinary oak pollen. But ordinary though it may be, it is ubiquitous, and it is insidious. You may first [...]
Delight in Creation
Posted in Creation, Immersed in God, Presence on Feb 19th, 2005
A large parrot has taken up residence in our front yard. He joins the mockingbirds, doves, cardinals, crows, and egrets, as well as the occasional hawk, great blue heron, and assorted other birds both native and transient.. The parrot is bright green with patches of red, and being rather shy, he is fond of hiding [...]
Change in the Wind
Posted in Creation, Gratitude, Immersed in God on Feb 19th, 2005
Yesterday, after supper, I crossed the levee to the lake, for the first time in a couple of weeks. The two herons were there — not the great blue, but very lovely all the same, and not at all afraid of me. As the three of us were facing into the stiff, stiflingly hot north [...]
One of Everything!
Posted in Acceptance, Immersed in God on Feb 19th, 2005
Not long ago, in Eckerd’s Drugs, I overheard a conversation between a father and a small child. I couldn’t see them, because they were at the checkout counter and I was separated from them by a tall display, but their voices were very clear and definite. — “I told you that you could have one,” [...]