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Welcoming The Wonder of Life. Welcome The Wonder of Life. Reza Aslan, educator and writer, recalls an old Sufi parable. It goes like this: Once four men were traveling together when they became very tired and very hungry. They were from different countries and spoke very different languages. In their hungry state, they tried to decide what to buy with the one coin they held in common. The Persian wanted to spend the money on. The Turk, on. And the Greek on some. The Face →. January 14, 2015 at 1:27 am.

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Welcoming The Wonder of Life. Welcome The Wonder of Life. 8220;It was you, O God, who made my inmost self, you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made.” Psalm 139:13-14. These two verses appeared today in a devotional resource I use to begin and end each day. I’ve read them many times, but this morning two words forced me to pause and reflect: fearfully and wonderfully. What? What do those words mean to a person living in the 21st century? Here, then, i...

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The Face | Shining Spirit

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Welcoming The Wonder of Life. Welcome The Wonder of Life. Taking this picture was quite a feat! I approached very slowly, studying the angles, looking for just the right sun reflection. Then I knelt in front of this beautiful face and stayed motionless until my legs were crying “enough”. At just the right moment, nose to nose with those piercing eyes, “click” and it was done. What an amazing face! 8221; What a thrilling and thoughtful moment that must have been. Smiling Flowers →. Thanks, Eric, for shari...

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Sharing The Grapes | Shining Spirit

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Welcoming The Wonder of Life. Welcome The Wonder of Life. Reza Aslan, educator and writer, recalls an old Sufi parable. It goes like this: Once four men were traveling together when they became very tired and very hungry. They were from different countries and spoke very different languages. In their hungry state, they tried to decide what to buy with the one coin they held in common. The Persian wanted to spend the money on. The Turk, on. And the Greek on some. The Face →. January 14, 2015 at 1:27 am.

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Welcoming The Wonder of Life. Welcome The Wonder of Life. RSS feed for this section. This morning as Maggie and I walked, we passed an Echinopsis Pachanoi bending under the weight of more than fifty yet-to-be-birthed, brilliant white flowers. We’ve watched her begin to show signs of motherhood and each morning we wish her well in her waiting. Maggie gives her a sniff for encouragement. I hope we wake up out of our wackiness and welcome some wisdom. This morning a mockingbird sang to me. To all who hear.

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Welcoming The Wonder of Life. Welcome The Wonder of Life. Archive July, 2014. Small Glimpses of Beauty. Several years ago BBC broadcaster Michael Ford interviewed the remarkable Irish poet, John O’Donohue, whose name is known worldwide for his book. Ford collected his thoughts about that special encounter in his own book,. Spiritual Masters For All Seasons,. And in that little volume he remembers O’Donohue’s thoughts about beauty. Sometimes “small glimpses of beauty” is enough. Susan on Morning Walk.

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The Golden Leaf | Shining Spirit

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Welcoming The Wonder of Life. Welcome The Wonder of Life. But I wonder if the Pillars of Creation, for all their majesty and mystery, reveal any more about life than a golden leaf lightly resting on a moss-covered sidewalk? For in my simple way of thinking, the golden leaf is of the same essence as that which bursts in brilliance 7,000 light years away. Everything is related, and everything reveals wonder. The Pillars of Creation cause us to gasp…and so does the exquisite golden leaf.

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Smiling Flowers | Shining Spirit

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Welcoming The Wonder of Life. Welcome The Wonder of Life. The smiling flowers make me reflect for a moment on a question many people have asked. Indeed, where is God? No matter what your religious persuasion might be, the nature, character, and “presence” of God have puzzled humankind for as long as we have identified a sacred “Other”. Conventional religious teaching, what I remember from Sunday School, answers the question of “where” by saying: Look up! Faith Based In Reality →. Enter your comment here.

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June | 2015 | Shining Spirit

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Welcoming The Wonder of Life. Welcome The Wonder of Life. Archive June, 2015. They come from the earth. They all share the same composition. They all have color and shape. Together, they all share a common purpose. And no two are exactly alike. Stones can teach us a lot. Perhaps we should ask them about life instead of throwing them at each other. Faith Based In Reality. 8220;My prayers and hopes have deep roots in reality.”. Paul was a very practical man as an entrepreneur of the early Jesus movement&#4...

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Faith Based In Reality | Shining Spirit

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Welcoming The Wonder of Life. Welcome The Wonder of Life. Faith Based In Reality. Sometimes a sentence jumps off the page, demanding attention and reaction. So it was yesterday with this line from the New Testament letter called Philippians, supposed to be written by Paul, and here translated by Eugene Peterson in The Message:. 8220;My prayers and hopes have deep roots in reality.”. Here’s what is often heard from non-reality based faith:. 8220;We don’t have time (or need) to discern; we can decide!