Grace

Orchids in Printer's Drawer, September 2024

 

We don't deserve it,

we cannot earn the beauty

that keeps finding us

* This bundle of orchid blossoms continue to bloom. Today I see them resting for a few moments in an antique printers drawer. They were planted and nurtured by the hands of someone I won't meet in this lifetime. The plant was passed along to my mother and now a handful of stems are bringing life and color to the kitchen table. My table - my hands - my heart are all full of beauty that passed through more than one garden along the way. It's amazing isn't it? Beauty and grace find us when we need them the most. 

Sabbth

Silver Hairstreak Butterfly, June 2024

 

Rest your silver wings

for one breath - and another

before taking flight

 

Sabbath Invitation

The Courtyard, August 2023
Chapelwood UMC, Houston

 

An invitation

for rest and restoration

wherever you are

In the Golden Hour

Chapel of Abiding Presence, October 2022
Texas Lutheran University

 

In the golden hour

stone, bloom, and sky resound a

joyous sabbath song

Rest here

Dragonfly, July 2022

The wonder of flight

and the gracious ease of a

lightness all your own

Walk with Me

Walk with me

in the fullness of summer

where Sabbath delight

is all around.

 June 2022

Sabbath

Birds of Paradise, March 2022
Local Garden Center

 

Sabbath afternoon

the fullness of life meets us

wherever we are

Sabbath Blessing

Postcards, February 2022
Seacoast at Trouville and Antibes by Claude Monet

 

May you feel yourself rooted in love.

May you open yourself to the light of love.

May you experience the serenity of Sabbath.

May you trust that spring is on the way.

May you see and savor the beauty that surrounds you.

Welcome

Tea by the Window, January 2022

 

Welcome Sabbath rest

welcome cinnamon tea and

unhurried daydreams

Advent Invitations

Advent Collage, created November 2021

At the beginning of Advent, I pieced together this collage and it has served as a touchpoint throughout the season. Here are some questions it has stirred in me:

• What adventure beckons? Where is life taking flight?

• When have I recently experienced the beautiful and mysterious?

• Who are my companions? What is the field we share? What are we planting? What are we harvesting?

• How have I been part of  "thy kingdom come"? How has it looked differently than I might have imagined?

• What treasure have I collected and contained in my heart over these weeks of Advent? 

• Complete this sentence, "God crowns the year with _________________.

 

Belonging

Family of Saints, November 2021
The Anchor House, Houston

 

Anchor yourself here

in the glow of family

find your belonging

Sabbath

Oklahoma Rosebud, October 2021

Tomorrow begins a few days of Sabbath. Time to rest and listen deeply among those who are heart of my heart.  Time to step away from hurry and distraction. May you find your own Sabbath in the days to come. I'll be posting again in early November.