Prayers and Reflections in Season
A guest post by David H. Schroeder, originally published in the Port Townsend Leader, reflecting on what it was like before our favorite movies were available on demand.
For many children of the 1960’s, it was almost a religious event.
Once a year, the 1939 MGM film “The Wizard of Oz” was broadcast on national TV.
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In Always a Guest, Barbara Brown Taylor preaches good news to faith communities, seminarians, and readers in her role as guest preacher and messenger of hope.Continue reading ““Always a Guest” by Barbara Brown Taylor: Book Review”
... to find the peace that comes from getting your heart broken.
Sunday afternoon, sitting on the deck. Sunny, cool breeze. Voices in the distance, coming from a a nearby porch. I think I recognize a neighbor’s voice.
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“I remember that I’m invisible and walk softly so as not awake the sleeping ones. Sometimes it is best not to awaken them; there are few things in the world as dangerous as sleepwalkers.”
Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man
When did my bookshelf get so white?
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“One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious. The latter procedure, however, is disagreeable and therefore not popular.” ― C.G. Jung, The Philosophical Tree
At the Women’s Spiritual Growth Group the other week, we chewed over the questions, Cosmically speaking, where are we headed? Is creation on a trajectory, or are we all just wandering around killing time? Are we going somewhere good, or will it be more like Armageddon followed by nothingness?
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“An offbeat, engagingly written, appealingly uncertain spiritual memoir.” — Publisher’s Weekly
Continue reading “Publication of Stumbling Toward God, 2nd ed.”In A Pilgrimage to Eternity, author and journalist Timothy Egan takes us with him on a pilgrimage through history, geography, and his own inner landscape as he travels the Via Francigena, an ancient pilgrim route that stretches from the cathedral city of Canterbury, England, south through France, Switzerland, and Italy, to culminate in Rome.Continue reading ““A Pilgrimage to Eternity” by Timothy Egan: Book Review”
Chris Smith’s book review of Margaret’s book “Haiku — The Sacred Art” posted on the Englewood Review of Books. “a superb exploration of this poetic form for both beginners and experts alike… a rich little book…”
Continue reading “Haiku – The Sacred Art: Review”“Doing Jesus” — Margaret’s book review of “Jesus Freak” by Sara Miles, posted on the Englewood Review of Books.
Continue reading ““Jesus Freak” by Sara Miles: Review”“Art Work/Soul Work” — Margaret’s book review of Awakening the Creative Spirit by Christine Valters Paintner and Betsey Beckman , posted on the Englewood Review of Books.
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