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Settling Into the Quiet
316. Settling Into the Quiet As a young child I had many ear infections, and it felt as though each time I had an infection it got bad enough that I would have to have ears lanced and the infection drained out. (This was…
Three Meals
315. Three Meals I am fortunate to be able to eat three meals a day, and I am very aware that many people in the world don’t have the food to be able to do that. I also have snacks I can eat and…
Good for the Now
314. Good for the Now I was working as a secretary when I heard that a nursing home thirty minutes from me was looking for a piano player. I interviewed. They hired me. They had a white activity room which doubled as a place…
Hospital Visiting
313. Hospital Visiting When I was working as a music therapist, some of us went to an inservice at the local hospital, Good Samaritan Hospital. It was given by the Catholic priest. I’m sure he said more than I remember—but on the other hand…
Prayer for Earth-Care
312. Prayer For Earth-Care — Creator God who moved around the earth distributing Monarch butterflies daffodils and hippopotamuses — help us to remember the charge you gave to us not to dominate but to care for creation — that it may remain “good” in…
Times Such As These
311. Times Such As These We were teaching Bible School in the summer. We did it in the afternoon and ended with supper so we became like this small community. There were five helpers and nine children. The oldest child was 17 and the…
The Clown
310. The Clown — I sit on the ledge by chapel windows bright colors surround me but I can’t shake the sadness — the woman talks of weapons and finding another way talks of two bullets made every year for each person on the…
Take Your Peace
309. Take Your Peace I heard this story about Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhist monk and peace activist. He was visiting the Fellowship of Reconciliation in Nyack, NY, one of the oldest peace groups in the world. It was bustling when he arrived, people rushing…
Apology
A few days ago I wrote a story about the British Navy and the Irish Navy which I had come upon. I presented it as true, and a reader has called to my attention that it is not true. Good story—but not a true…
Spring Song for Earth Day
308. Spring Song for Earth Day — God Has Given You a World (Tune: This Is My Father’s World) — God has given you a world And it is a garden fair With beauty round and glorious sound The gift is yours to share….
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