Forest and field, sun and wind and sky, earth and water, all speak the same silent language, reminding the monk that he is here to develop like the things that grow all around him.
-Thomas Merton
In celebration of my other new book coming out any day now – Water, Wind, Earth, and Fire: The Christian Practice [...]
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I just got the cover design in the mail for my book Water, Wind, Earth, and Fire: The Christian Practice of Praying with the Elements from Ave Maria Press (coming in March 2010!).
I really like the design a lot, especially the four symbols for the elements in the upper right (not as clear to see in the [...]
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Above is my snazzy new banner (created in Microsoft Publisher) for my new Etsy store, I’d love to know what you think of it! Drop me a note and let me know and also please respond to my question at the end of this post.
I have just about completed my new set of Prayer Cards for Autumn! Fall [...]
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I finally had time today to set up my new Etsy store for easier online orders of my new quarterly spirituality & art journal Praying With the Elements, Annual Subscriptions, and Blossoming Prayer Cards.
Have you ordered your copy of Praying With the Elements yet? If this blog is a meaningful part of your day, I [...]
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I just came back from the most delightful lunch with the lovely lucy on a gorgeous late summer day here in Seattle to find a box of treasures at my door:
Thank you to everyone who has placed an order for a Praying with the Elements art & spirituality zine already, they will go out in [...]
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I just received the digital proofs from the printer for my brand new offering — Praying With the Elements — the first in a quarterly series of mini-journals/zines celebrating the spiritual life using words and images. Grounded in Christian tradition, although I hope it is spacious enough so others will find wisdom there as well. I had [...]
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I am back from several days on Vancouver Island where my husband and I took a Celtic Art and Design class together. When we were in Ireland in June I was captivated by the woven strands and spirals in the art everywhere, so it was a gift to learn how to do this. I thoroughly [...]
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Thank you all who left comments this week! I am grateful for your support and for your ideas of other readings to include reflections on, and how wonderful that so many of you shared your own poems. I am touched by the amazing artists and poets who visit here. If other readings come to you, please [...]
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Give me this water, so I may not be thirsty.
-John 4:15
Fluent
I would love to live
Like a river flows
Carried by the surprise
Of its own unfolding.
-John O’Donohue
I believe in all that has never yet been spoken.
I want to free what waits within me
so that what no one has dared to wish for
may for once spring clear
without my [...]
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I am the vine and you are the branches.
-John 15:5
God said, “Come no nearer! Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.
-Exodus 3:5
This earth we are riding keeps trying to tell us something with its continuous scripture of leaves.
–William Stafford
I love the element of earth. I adore trees [...]
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