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Spiritual Growth:
05-07-2010
Cracked Pots
Isaiah 64:8
Please read this touching story about cracked pots.... more
02-18-2010
The Common Living Dirt
A Poem by Marge Piercy from the Anthology Sisters of the Earth (edited)
The small ears prick on the bushes,
furry buds, shoots tender and pale.
The swamp maples blow scarlet.
Color teases the corner of the eye,
delicate gold, chartreuse, crimson,
mauve speckled, just dashed on.
The soil stretches naked. All winter
hidden under the down comforter of snow,
delicious now, rich in the hand
as chocolate cake: the fragrant busy
soil the worm passes through her gut
and the beetle swims in like a lake.
As I kneel to put the seeds in
careful as stitching, I am in love.
You are the bed we all sleep on.
You are the food we eat, the food
we ate, the food we will become.
We are walking trees rooted in you.
I worship on my knees, laying
the seeds in you, that worship rooted
in need, in hunger, in kinship,
flesh of the planet with my own flesh,
a ritual of compost, a litany of manure.
My garden's a chapel, but a meadow
gone wild in grass and flower
is a cathedral. How you seethe
with little quick ones, vole, field
mouse, shrew and ... more
12-19-2008
God Keeps His Promise
1 Corinthians 10:13
God keeps his promise and he will not allow you to be tested beyond your power to remain firm. At the time you are put to the test, he will give you strength to endure it, and so provide you with a way out. ... more
12-19-2008
There is a Role for Prayer and Spirituality in Healing
James 5:15-16
And the prayer offered in faith will make the sick person well. The Lord will raise him up. If he has sinned he will be forgiven. Therefore, confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed.... more
12-19-2008
Faith Heals the Body Mind Spirit
Luke 8:48
Your faith has healed you. Go in peace.... more
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