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Honouring Our Elders
We humans are the young ones,the last to be createdlong days after the earth, mountains, seas, and trees. What might we learn from our elders whoawaken us with birdsong,feed us with nuts and berries, comfort us with their soft fur, enliven … Continue reading
Posted in compassion, Creation, Justice, Reflections
Tagged Braiding Sweetgrass, Chrissy Wainwright, Diet for a New America, Earth Day, Esther Hizsa, FarbenfroheWuderwelt, flowers, Food Revolution Summit, hummingbird, John Robbins, Nick Kenrick, Ocean Robbins, Old growth forest, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Sitka Spruce, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver, Sylvia Sassen, Wheat
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Seeing Ellery
God, help me see what you see, I pray as I walk. I wonder if I’ll ever slow down enough to see more than a label: that’s a tree, a flower, a truck that needs a new muffler. Annie Dillard … Continue reading
Posted in Creation, Mindfulness, Reflections
Tagged Annie Dillard, Earth Day, Elizabeth McKitrick, Ellery, Erin Khoo, Esther Hizsa, Genesis 1:31, goldfish, Maryam Khezrzadeh, maxxum, Medium, Mindfulness, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek, Second Nature Home Boutique, spiritual direction, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver
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God So Loves the Earth
This earth, this world that God loves so much, is beautiful and broken. I have been asking God to show me ways I can participate in healing our planet. As I read and listen for God’s direction, I begin to see small steps I … Continue reading
Posted in Creation, Ignatian Spirituality, Mindfulness, Reflections, Spiritual Direction
Tagged A Rocha, care for creation, Earth Day, Ecological Examen, Esther Hizsa, Evgeni Zotov, FarbenfroheWunderwelt, Jason Major, Joseph Carver, spiritual direction, spiritual director Burnaby, spiritual director Vancouver, Thich Naht Hanh
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Go Pray Outside
“Unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a single seed,” Jesus said, “But if it dies, it produces many seeds.” Similarly these vibrant evergreens have each grown from a single seed buried in the earth. In … Continue reading
Posted in Creation, Popular Posts, Prayer, Songs
Tagged Earth Day, Forest, Genesis 2:15, John 12:24, Luke 10:27, Maltbie D. Babcock, prayer, Rain Drop, resurrection, Texture, This is my Father's World, Twila Savigny
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