I love the Nouwen Society. Henri J. Nouwen is one of my favorite writers. This came in an email to me this week.
(This is an art piece, “Trash or Treasure” by Karen Garrett at the Dallas Arboretum - karengarrettartist.com)
On the Journey Toward Radical Hospitality
written by VICTORIA S. SCHMIDT
My friend Isaiah, is a missionary who works in [...]
Filed under: Christianity, purpose, relationships, wonder on September 3rd, 2008 | No Comments »
Monday, September 01, 2008
In Memorium 09-06-07
Category: Life
I can’t remember the first time that I read anything by Madeleine L’Engle. But I would imagine that it was A Wrinkle in Time like most people. I do however remember vividly when I fell in love with Madeleine L’Engle’s writing. I read that same book aloud [...]
Filed under: Christianity, art, hobby, life, nature, poetry, purpose, relating well, relationships, wonder, writing on September 1st, 2008 | No Comments »
She rode to the elevator to the top trembling the whole way. On many floors she wanted to scream, “Let me off!” but she didn’t. She pressed her back against the wall furthest from the door as possible. It wasn’t because of over crowding at all, but instead she was fairly certain that unless [...]
Filed under: life, short story, wonder on August 14th, 2008 | No Comments »
But That’s What I Hear
You call me first instead of waiting
For me to reach out to you
You never think much about it
But I do.
You act as if I know things
As if I have a contribution to your world
even in the little things
You don’t do it to remind me of my value
But [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized, life, poetry, purpose, relating well, relationships, wonder on July 30th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Ken Gire records some dialogue from the courtroom scene from the 1994 movie “Nell” in the opening of his book, The Reflective Life: Becoming more Spiritually Sensitive to the Everyday Moments of Life. (In the translated version of Nell’s speech) Mr. Guire writes,
You have big [...]
Filed under: Christianity, Uncategorized, kids, life, relating well, relationships, wonder, writing on July 12th, 2008 | No Comments »
“The challenge for those of us who care about our faith and about a hurting world is to tell stories which will carry the words of grace and hope in their bones and sinews and not wear them like fancy dress.” -Katherine Paterson
(the lovely older lady is Ms. Paterson the author of numerous books including A [...]
Filed under: Christianity, art, life, purpose, wonder, writing on June 7th, 2008 | No Comments »
I really love this song. Although for my interp, I am not so crazy about the line that says, “I broke them all for you”, but if you left that out the following song would speak to purpose for me. It speaks to “story” for me and what I love writing, reading , knowing, and remembering [...]
Filed under: Christianity, art, life, poetry, purpose, relationships, wonder, writing on June 6th, 2008 | No Comments »
In the book, by Antoine De Saint-Exup`ery, the fox begs the little prince to “tame” him. The fox says,
“One only understands the things that one tames… Men have no more time to understand anything. They buy things all ready made at shops. But there is not shop anywhere where one can buy friendship, and [...]
Filed under: life, poetry, relating well, relationships, wonder, writing on June 4th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
She discards her bridal white
And flush of baby pinks
She robes her self in a deep matronly green
Her young are slowly growing up
And change is in the air
She is more hotly serious for all the time she’s seen
Her blue skies are deeper turquoise
With cotton clouds piled up high
When she feels their fullness
Her grey shadows [...]
Filed under: life, nature, poetry, wonder on May 30th, 2008 | No Comments »
Today is Memorial Day. We remember those who have sacrificed and lost so much so that we can live with the freedoms we are given. It’s a very poignant and special remembering. Freedom is costly.
My children were talking with me earlier about “Memorial” and what that word means. I explained that it is [...]
Filed under: Christianity, kids, life, purpose, relating well, wonder on May 26th, 2008 | No Comments »
