Wondrous

White River, Cotter Arkansas June 2024
Photo by Riley Anderson

 

Every now and then

I glimpse the world through your eyes

How wondrous it is!

* My son shared this photo he took while we were in Arkansas last week. I love seeing the world through his eyes.

Her blooms are small suns

St. John's Wort, June 2024
Heber Springs, Arkansas

 

Her blooms are small suns

receiving and sending light

in delicate rays

One

Morning on the Porch, June 2024
Heber Springs, Arkansas

 

One cup of coffee,

one hour with books and birdsong,

on one perfect porch

Love looks like

Murphy, the neighbor's dog, June 2024
Heber Springs, Arkansas

Sometimes love looks like

the dog who sits beside you

just like an old friend

* This week in Arkansas, Murphy, the neighbor's dog visited several mornings and again before we left today. He was friendly, like we had known each other forever. When I sat on the porch steps to pet him, he leaned his whole body against me and we stayed like that for a good moment in his warm and loving presence.

Breathe Peace

Eventide, June 2024
Heber Springs, Arkansas

Breathe peace, rippling peace

to every jagged shoreline

and back out to sea

With your open heart

Wildflower on the shoreline, June 2024
Heber Springs, Arkansas

 

Face the rising sun

embrace the day as it comes

with your open heart

Go on

Wild Blackberries, June 2024
Heber Springs, Arkansas

Blue sky and berries

go on- pick a handful and 

thank God for this day

New every morning

First Light, June 2024
Heber Springs, Arkansas

New every morning is your love, great God of light, 
and all day long you are working for good in the world. 
Stir up in us desire to serve you, 
to live peacefully with our neighbors and all your creation, 
and to devote each day to your Son, our Savior Jesus Christ. 
Amen.

A Liturgy for Morning Prayer, Upper Room Worship Book

One stone at a time

Stacking Rocks, June 2024
Heber Springs, Arkansas

 One stone at a time

forms an archway altar stacked

by your own two hands

*photo & arch by my son, Riley