Living,
Inside of Now
Some years ago, my daughter and I were strolling through a yellow field of summer flowers in PEI. We were discussing the word “meaning”. During our walk, she suggested I write when meaning moves me to experience a more beautiful world.
Decades ago, Joseph Settler, a renowned theologian, asked at a conference, “Would anyone like another name for God?” I instantly raised my hand, as did others. He held his silence, then stated, “Meaning is another name for God.” Instantly, I knew he was right, that one little word changed my theology. Meaning is everywhere, found in everything, and constantly enlarges my life.
Thus, I began a blog of writings, bimonthly for ten years, which, at the time, I called…
Life, Meaning, and Joyful Purpose: Tips and Triggers
Its introduction read, “These are the questions these writings explore: What is the How to for living well? What sparks our spirituality? What triggers Joyful Purpose?, and What trips us up?”
I was discovering, my new awareness offered love, and wisdom, and created an expanding depth of appreciation in my life. I also found meaning, spirit, and purpose can come oddly clothed in grief, loss, unwanted, change, and in the smallest, most seemingly, ordinary moment.
From that collection of writings, the book titled, Moments That Blink Back was published and can be ordered from Amazon, Friesen Press, or from Indigo. Some of the writings in the book include:
The Christmas House…
“And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: it is only with the heart that one can see rightly: what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
the little no of self-love…
“Your task is not to seek for Love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.”
Waiting, a sacred act…
It’s about 5:30 am. With a laptop on one shoulder and files in a backpack on the other. I head for Starbucks for four hours of writing. I have a small corner there that if I arrive when they open,
Timber-r-r-r…
“Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree…” We put our Christmas tree up several nights ago, all eight feet plus. I missed the vertical launching. The grands were excited. I arrived back when they were leaving. My three and a
The little light that spreads beyond…
Christmas is a time of lights, be it a tree light, candlelight, friend-light, family-light — all capture the divine light. Looking at the Christmas tree the other night, one little bulb attracted my attention. Spraying out from it was a
Taking my spirituality body to the gym…
Taking my spiritual body to the gym… “We are not physical beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a physical experience.” ~Teilhard de Chardin,
I need to open something…
“It’s the best time of the year, Grandma. We love everything.”
“a very little tea…”
When human beings participate in ceremony, they enter a sacred space… Time takes on a different dimension…. (They) become filled with the energy of life, and this energy reaches out and blesses… All is made new, everything becomes sacred. ~
Five minutes there, five minutes back…
Five minutes there. Five minutes back. I should be able to make it. Excitement makes me smile. This is my first walk outdoors for almost half a year. I step out the door backward, holding the house rail, to accommodate