The lightning and thunder
They go and they come:
But the stars and the stillness
Are always at home.
~ Geoge McDonald
Short & simple … we’ve seen the lightning and thunder come and go .. . in the early morning today the thunder was loud, startling …
But tonight … stillness … at home … in heart, mind, and body … rest.
A friend sent a rough draft of the memoir he is writing – in one chapter he writes about my Mom – especially about those last months. Tomorrow would have been Mom’s 81st birthday. I’ve been reminiscing … she was a beautiful lady, generous, smart, and funny! In the latter years of her life she…
Pondering the idea of connections today. Recently, as bits and pieces of society are returning to normal, I realize more clearly my need for connection. I’m an introvert. I’ve often said had I not married, I could have been a hermit on a hillside somewhere. And yet, maybe that’s not quite true. A group of…
The weather was glorious today! We started the day with a walk around Radnor Lake … love to see how the seasons change there. Today there was a purple carpet of wild flowers everywhere. May apples were flourishing and beginning to bloom as well. Next we purchased flowers for our container garden. I planted…
Thinking today about reading scripture … We met with our church’s elder cohort this week. We’ve been discussing a theological vision for ministry – first from an epistemological point of view and now from a hermeneutical point of view. We talked quite a bit about our backgrounds in reading the Bible. Many of us had…
I heard Steve Wariner sing “Silent Strings” tonight. The last string plucked; the last note played; the last breath … silent and still. A mom, a dad, a daughter died in the past few days. They did not make the headlines except in the hearts of their loved ones. The symphonic melody of their lives…
Being still before God … not just in body, but in mind, thought … pausing the replaying of the day in my head … setting aside the planning of conversations for tomorrow … being silent, still before him … the emptying of myself … withdrawing to the inner landscape … in order to be filled up…
I love this idea…the peace and beauty are constant…the storms just pass through and have to move on. Thanks!