A Song for Autumn (Poem by Mary Oliver)
In the deep fall don’t you imagine the leaves think how comfortable it will be to touch the earth instead of the nothingness of air and the endless freshets of wind?
Poetry
The World We Make (Poem by Alfred Grant Walton)
We make the world in which we live
By what we gather and what we give…
Invincible (Poem by Albert Camus)
No matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger – something better, pushing right back.
The Wild Geese (Poem by Wendell Berry)
We pray, not for new earth or heaven, but to be quiet in heart, and in eye clear.
Marriage is Permaculture (New Poem by Polly Castor)
A wedding day poem for our niece who met her groom in a permaculture class.
Mount Rainier’s Still There (Poem and Photos by Karen Molenaar Terrell)
We are the manifestations and expressions of Love.
Always Astonished (New Poem by Polly Castor)
We need to be busy being newly born, always astonished.
A Universe is Fashioned (Poem by Elsie Hill Ainsworth)
On the looms of Spirit, in the woof and warp of eternal substance, perfection is patterned.
The Kama Sutra of Kindness (poem by Mary Mackey)
You have to be willing to move through life together the way the long grasses move in a field…
How We Might Speak to Each Other More Clearly (Poem by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer)
Let’s let the sky do all the talking…
My Benediction for our 20th Anniversary 9/11 Memorial Service
I am sharing these words at our town’s 9/11 memorial service today, representing local clergy.
The Fabric of Our Lives (New Poem by Polly Castor)
Does the fabric you identify with align with your actual life?