Author Archives: srdianne

We can find all that is necessary in the present moment.  If we have abandoned ourselves to God, there is only one rule for us: the duty of the present moment. “What does this moment ask of me?” is always … Continue reading →

How we squander our hours of pain. How we gaze beyond them into the bitter duration to see if they have an end.  Though they are really our winter-enduring foliage, our dark evergreen, one season in our inner year — … Continue reading →

There’s a new church (earth) on the horizon made of light, not of stone Calling out to all creation You are not alone Lions and lambs, saints and sinners Best of friends, enemies Woman and man, losers and winners they … Continue reading →

 Have you noticed that once in awhile the fundamental laws of  the universe seem to be momentarily suspended, and everything goes right?  Small miracles occur for ordinary people day by ordinary day. There is grace in knowing what might have … Continue reading →

Questions to Ponder: Do I think anger and hate can be replaced by love and peace? How can I love today? How can I Be peace? Please don’t struggle to come up with an answer.  Instead sit with this or … Continue reading →

The House Of Gathering If old age is a house of gathering Then the hands are full. There are old trees to prune And young plants to plant. There are seeds to be sown. Not less of anything But more … Continue reading →

After a sleepless night, worrying about the world I stand in the whispering grass, watching the mountains crouch  under their burden of sky. The morning sun glides above the peaks and the field is suddenly flooded with turquoise light.  A … Continue reading →

Learn to be silent! Silent as the leaves fall, silent as the blossoming flowers, silent as the moment before dawn. You are being summoned into the temple of silence. Practice silence, for this voiceless voice can be heard only in … Continue reading →