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Fireweed. Rebuilder of the Boreal. Firefighter of the Northern hemisphere, on the ground. Survivor of raging forest fires, WWII bomb craters, and the very blast of Mt. St. Helens. If you live in the north, you're probably familiar, at least peripherally, with fireweed. You'd probably recognize it on a roadside, even if you couldn't break... Continue Reading →
Bumble Bee Motel, Red Cedar Preserve, 2024NO VACANCY My husband thinks I’m nuts. This isn't really news, per se, but he has new reasons for questioning my sanity. I mark this as a sign of growth and ongoing success on my part. The latest cause for his subtle head-shakes is my regular choice of willingly... Continue Reading →
"Trust in the slow work of God."~ Tielhard de Chardin Stems and Roots "The love we show saves the Love we hide,the way a sprig in sun feeds its unseen root. Even though I believe in living in the open, parts of me hide. I can't help it. But what I can help is which... Continue Reading →
"Earth is so thick with divine possibility that it is a wonder we can walk anywhere without cracking our shins on altars."~ Barbara Brown Taylor, An Altar in the World I've been sick and miserable for a week and a half. Before we get started, let me just state that this is my first cold/flu/viral... Continue Reading →
"Spirituality is the active pursuit of the God you didn't make up."~ Barbara Brown Taylor's Sufi friend, Judy, Holy Envy Where is your God? Where does he live? If your first answer is 'in heaven,' then I think you might be following the wrong blog. Stick around. Who knows... you might like it here. If... Continue Reading →
"He was more practitioner than advocate, in the way of believers whose religion is so intimate they keep it to themselves."~ Lief Enger, Virgil Wander "Be humble because you are made of earth. Be noble, for you are made of stars."~ Serbian Proverb What if it is the very mixture of humility and nobility that... Continue Reading →
"Sometimes when we look out, the world seems so dark. War, violence, hunger, and misery seem to abound. This makes us anxious and helpless. What can I do in my private little corner of life that could have any effect on the march of world events? The usual answer is: nothing. We then decide to... Continue Reading →
"'If you place two living heart cells from different people in a Petrie dish, they will in time find and maintain a third and common beat.' -- Molly Vass "This biological fact holds the secret of all relationship. It is cellular proof that beneath any resistance we might pose and beyond all our attempts that... Continue Reading →
“Let your soul receive this rest: The God who sends thunder and lightning seeks to obliterate every system that threatens the dignity and shalom of the cosmos. Accept what mercy is available after what we’ve made of this precious, sacred world–what we’ve made of one another. In all our greed, our deceit, our apathy, our... Continue Reading →
"There is no substitute for going through things together. There is no way to 'language' what two whales share who swim around the world together or what binds two friends who climb through a forest of years in each other's steps."~ Mark Nepo, Seven Thousand Ways to Listen "... in the end, it seems to... Continue Reading →
“There is an implicit wholeness in the human heart; it is a huge treasure house that we draw on every day. Ultimately it is what anchors and guides us. A simple metaphor for this is a physical wound. When you have a wound in your hand it always heals from the edges; the center is... Continue Reading →
"Love doesn't just disappear. It is like light. It keeps traveling."~ Matt Haig, The Life Impossible My bracelet broke last night. It was one of those cheap silicone jobbies, on the surface nothing really. But I'd had that bracelet firmly attached to my wrist for 13 years. That's more than half of the time that... Continue Reading →
Tales From the Nexus 