Eternal Truth is Changing the Universe
There is nothing outside of infinity, and ultimate, changeless Truth is infinite. How can there be something else that needs to be changed by this unchanging power?
God
New Poem: Being the Mother of Adult Children
I think now what I would want my kids to do in my situation, and then go and try to earnestly do that myself. It is so much better for everyone than me thinking what I would have them do if I was them.
My Invocation at our 9/11 Anniversary Service
Today I am giving the invocation for our 9/11 fifteenth anniversary memorial service sponsored by our local clergy association. This is what I am going to say:
Our Politics Need Truth and Love
Given our current political climate of what appears to be separate, multiple truths, I have found it helpful to focus on one God bringing us together.
Book Review: The Sermon on the Mount
For a refreshing look at the basic teachings of Christianity, I highly recommend this book.
Emmet Fox Quote: God Has No Office Hours
If you turn to God in prayer, without tension, without vehemence, but quietly, steadily, and persistently, results will come.
New Poem by Me: The Futility of Self-Reliance
We are like the Israelites
overburdened by their
Egyptian taskmasters
and eager to escape
for the Promised Land.
Good is Primal, Evil Suppositional
Intelligent Mind could not eternally consist of such opposites as good and evil.
Today’s Newspaper Article: From Atheism to Believing in Divine Love
This newspaper article of mine (about moving from atheism to believing in divine Love) is in three Connecticut newspapers today…
Broken Arm and “Shattered” Elbow Healed
Truly we can never fall out of God’s care. I am so thankful!
Giving Space for Grace
Too often we jump in to (supposedly!) help something along when it would be better to allow some room for God to dazzle us.
New Poem: Advent a Puzzle of Waiting
As we humbly linger in the vigil of Advent,
the whole world holds its breath.
Reaching through Divine Love
Now I am no longer feeling like being more spiritually minded projects death to the self. It is feeling more like a quick path to self-fulfillment and the broadest expression of my highest authenticity.
New Poem: 2+2=4
Consider two plus two equals four
In the farthest reaches of the universe
In every language, for every race and species
For rich, poor, educated or not
It is the same.
Short New Poem: Sacramental Moment
I am brimming
with awe and gratitude
for reciprocal connection
experienced and realized
this communion Sunday.
Empedocles on the Nature of God
“The nature of God is a circle
of which the center is everywhere
and the circumference is nowhere.”
Empedocles
Poem by Jena Schwartz: Make Room
God said,
make room for me
in your day
that crow swooping low
as you drive to work