“Much of the best work I have ever written has never been published or produced. Faith tells me that there must be some reason for that that I cannot see” (Finding Water: The Art of Perseverance by Julia Cameron, p.106). Sometimes you write for angels or the presences that seem to emanate from heaven. An […]
Archives for September 2011
The Sky Gave Me Its Heart
The sky gave me its heart because it knew mine was not large enough to care for the earth the way it did. –Rabia of Basra This is the first stanza of the poem “The Sky Gave Me Its Heart” by Rabia of Basra (Love Poems from God: Twelve Sacred Voices from the East and […]
To Know the Dark
“To go in the dark with a light is to know the light. To know the dark, go dark. Go without sight, and find that the dark, too, blooms and sings, and is traveled by dark feet and dark wings. –Wendell Berry Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links (at no cost to you). Poetry can […]
The Essence of Essence
“Life is a sacred adventure. Every day we encounter signs that point to the active presence of Spirit in the world around us. Spiritual literacy is the ability to read the signs written in the texts of our own experiences . . . . Spiritual literacy is practiced in all the world’s wisdom traditions. Medieval […]