Archive for September 2022

“All the trees of the forest will sing for joy.” Psalm 96:12 “Every leaf speaks bliss to me, fluttering from the autumn tree.” Emily Bronte The aspen trees are turning in Colorado.  It’s a glorious site.  No, more than that, it’s a spiritual experience!  Though not as diverse in their colors as those of the…

“I have carried you from birth, and from the womb . . . Even to your old age I will be the same, and even to your graying years I will carry you.”  Isaiah 46 My friend Ernie is an avid mountain climber and hiker.  He introduced me to the love of hiking and mountains.…

“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death . . .” Psalm 23 “To know something, then, we must be scrubbed raw, the fasting heart exposed.” Gretel Ehrlich 9/11. Where were you twenty-one years ago today?  For many, it marked the entrance into the passage through the valley of the shadow…

“Pilgrimage is often regarded as the universal quest for the self.” Phil Cousineau “It’s here, in all the pieces of my shame, that now I find myself again.” Rilke “Tell me about yourself.”  If someone were to say that to you, how would you respond?  Perhaps it depends on the person or the context.  It’s…