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Thank You for the Combination of Ideas (Thanksgiving Poem by Polly Castor)
By Polly Castor on November 22, 2018Read moreThank you for bounty and beneficence, and for the exact, wise, and astute combination of your finest ideas.
41Thanksgiving (Poem by Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer)
By Polly Castor on November 21, 2018Read moreI want to serve you full choruses of hallelujah, oh so wholly here in this moment. Oh so holy here...
Mark of the Lion Series (Book Review)
By Polly Castor on November 20, 2018Read moreThis author, despite her shortcomings, wove an interesting story, with plot twists and interesting characters. It was compelling enough...
Great Bible Workshops Available
By Polly Castor on November 19, 2018Read moreHis workshops are warm and discussion based, undogmatic, inclusive, engaging, and encourage questioning.
Love Regardless of Worthiness (Thomas Merton Quote)
By Polly Castor on November 18, 2018Read moreWhat we are asked to do is to love, and this love itself will render both ourselves and our...
Leaf Litter Photos (& a Lesson on Mindfulness)
By Polly Castor on November 17, 2018Read moreLet it be a lesson on mindfulness, so none of us miss all the small gems of choreographed moments...
Praying About the California Fires
By Polly Castor on November 16, 2018Read moreEven if you are not a Christian Scientist, or not even a believer in the divine, I urge you...
Two New Abstract Expressionist Paintings
By Polly Castor on November 15, 2018Read moreI do think you can get from these abstract expressionistic works my general mental state, and see how I...
The Difference Between Self-care and Selfishness
By Polly Castor on November 14, 2018Read moreDoing something that benefits you alone is selfish. Doing something that enables you to give more to those around...
As Thyself (poem by Sandra Luerssen Hoerner)
By Polly Castor on November 13, 2018Read moreThen I knew I loved my neighbor even better than before, for now I loved him as myself and loved myself much...
Boundaries (Poem by Lynn Ungar)
By Polly Castor on November 12, 2018Read moreWhose tune do you think the planets are singing as they dance?
Excessive Planning is a Form of Unbelief
By Polly Castor on November 11, 2018Read moreI did not design the human mind to figure out the future. That is beyond your capability. I crafted...