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:
watering…
“The geranium just died on the window sill but teacher you went right on talking.” ~Albert Cullum
two visitors and a vortex…
Vortexes are areas of high energy concentrations, originating from magnetic, spiritual, or sometimes unknown sources.
Our energy body has no skin…
Scientists have proven beyond doubt that the physical world is one large sea of energy. Nothing is solid; everything is made up of non-physical energy. You are literally made up of light, you are an energy being. * Physical
the little dog with a golden tail…
“Be thou comforted, little dog, Thou too in resurrection shall have a golden tail.” ~Martin Luther My friend just lost a
Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it…
“Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and magic and power…”
A new day and every raindrop has meaning…
Greetings to each, a new start… After five years of writings, some of which are now published in the book Moments That Blink Back, it is time again to start anew. Yet first, I want to thank you, the readers,
Second-guessing death…
For life and death are one, even as the river and the sea are one. Kahlil Gibran My doctor turns and looks at me, without any prior conversation or thought, at least on my part, he asks, “Do you think death
It takes a village…
“It takes a village to raise a child.” This ancient African proverb teaches an eternal truth. It does take a village, family, friends, neighbors, and children to nurture each of us. Islands, we are not. These words “It takes a village…” have been coming to
We are all it ~ and the cactus couldn’t resist.
The other morning I woke into the most velvet feeling moving through my chest. It felt material, tangible, alive, and it didn’t even feel like a feeling! I didn’t want to call it love although it landed me in that