Showing posts with label maple leaves. Show all posts
Showing posts with label maple leaves. Show all posts

Sunday, December 9, 2012

Peace

Fallen by rchoephoto
Fallen, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


     Our capacity to make peace with another person
     and with the world depends very much on our
     capacity to make peace with ourselves.

        Thich Nhat Hanh, Living Buddha, Living Christ

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Grace

RIC_8359_edited-1 by rchoephoto

RIC_8359_edited-1, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


May God give us thankful hearts
and keep us in friendship
to our lives' end.
Amen.

Merchant Taylors' Company Grace, William S. Kervin, A Year of Grace


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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Seen by the heart

RIC_2962 by rchoephoto
RIC_2962, a photo by rchoephoto on Flickr.


When we are seen by the heart
we are seen for who we are.

Rachel Naomi Remen, Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories That Heal

Thursday, November 4, 2010

Spirituality 101


RIC_0066
Originally uploaded by rchoephoto

Spirituality 101: Pay attention! You may discover that what you wanted is right in front of you, a secret hidden in plain sight.

Parker J. Palmer, The Promise of Paradox: A Celebration of Contradictions in the Christian Life

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

By invocation


RIC_0902
Originally uploaded by rchoephoto

We are not lacking in the dynamic forces needed to create the future. We live immersed in a sea of energy beyond all comprehension. But this energy, in an ultimate sense, is ours not by domination but by invocation.

Thomas Berry