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Closet Meditation
180. Closet Meditation — I sat within the empty closet to feel the dark — dense black my eyes strained to see — the space closed in as the darkness grew — I struck one match lit one candle and the closet changed —…
A Little Hum and a Quiet Prayer
179. A Little Hum and a Quiet Prayer Today there has been a shooting at an elementary school in Connecticut. Children and adults have been killed. And as normal things go on in my life, I cannot help but think how un-normal things are…
Kazoos at the Symphony
178. Kazoos at the Symphony Every year the Nashville Symphony Orchestra gave a concert especially for children. In 1964 we went—three children and I, along with hundreds of others. At the end of the concert, just before the last piece, the conductor turned and…
Incarnation
177. Incarnation God With Me — incarnation God with me today yesterday tomorrow — around me a part of me within me — I breathe differently when I feel God within me — I move with awareness when I think of God in…
Delights of the Season
176. Delights of the Season From now to then I hear the lament of the commercialization of Christmas. And I respond: “I think the entire season is filled with delight.” The story tells of a star—–and in this season we suddenly have lights galore….
A Child
175. A Child I came across this saying and smiled to myself as I thought, “Oh—how true, how very true.” It’s another one from Meister Eckhart, and I’ve quoted him before. This time he said: “If I were alone in a desert and feeling…
Music Changes the Tightness
174. Music Changes the Tightness I’ve written before about the things that music can do. This is another one. I was playing the piano in the nursing home. After an hour of both light classical music and popular 20’s and 30’s music, the 86-year-old…
High Ropes
173. High Ropes In 1983 I registered for the third time for a Women’s High Ropes Course just outside of Boston. I had registered for it in 1981 and in 1982 and both times I cancelled out (losing my money). So in 1983 I…
What Can A Race Teach You?
172. What Can A Race Teach You? The Saturday before Thanksgiving, my grandson Zachariah Price was part of the four-person team that won the Tough Mudder in New Jersey. I have to confess that I had never heard of a Tough Mudder race, but…
Three Questions
171. Three Questions I was just reading that in the Islamic tradition it is suggested that before you speak, you ask yourself three questions: Are the words true? Are the words kind? Are the words necessary? Well, I think I try to abide by…
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