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Reflection for October 14, 2015

Posted on October 26, 2015 by srdianne

I don’t know exactly what prayer is, I do know how to pay attention, How to fall down into the grass, How to be idle and blessed. Tell me what else should I have done? Doesn’t everything die at last, … Continue reading →

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Reflection for October 21, 2015

Posted on October 21, 2015 by srdianne

Ordinary Mysticism What the medieval mystics found is our invitation too.  Not to seek out dramatic experience for the sake of dramatic experience.  But to look at what is around us, to look again, to look more closely, to open … Continue reading →

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Geoff Wood Reflection for October 25, 2015

Posted on October 20, 2015 by srdianne

Concord and Jericho – as ever present events             This is the time of the year to visit New England, what with its rich autumn foliage.  The inns and hotels are all booked up by people who long to walk … Continue reading →

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Geoff Wood Reflection for October 18, 2015

Posted on October 13, 2015 by srdianne

I wish I were a celluloid hero like Errol Flynn!  (a boyhood fantasy)             How thickheaded could the apostles of Jesus have been?  Three times – while en route to Jerusalem – he tells them that when he arrives there … Continue reading →

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Reflection for October 7, 2015

Posted on October 7, 2015 by srdianne

People are often unreasonable and self-centered.  Forgive them anyway. If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives.  Be knid anyway. If you are honest, people may cheat you.  Be honest anyway. If you find happiness, people may … Continue reading →

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Geoff Wood Reflection for October 11, 2015

Posted on October 6, 2015 by srdianne

“Nothing in excess” Socrates             “What must I do to inherit eternal life?”  Jesus replies: “Keep the commandments, you know: don’t commit murder, don’t commit adultery don’t steal . . . the rules given you by Moses.”  The man shakes … Continue reading →

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Reflection for September 30, 2015

Posted on September 30, 2015 by srdianne

Divine guidance is always just behind our thoughts and actions.  It is the still small voice of conscience or intuition that arises within us.  It is constant — sometimes hardly noticeable, other times arising again and again until it is … Continue reading →

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Geoff Wood Reflection for October 4, 2015

Posted on September 29, 2015 by srdianne

Meditations from a Life Raft A long time ago I picked up Thomas Helm’s Ordeal at Sea about the sinking of the USS Indianapolis in World War II.  It was July 1945.  The war in the Pacific would be over … Continue reading →

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Reflection foe September 23, 2015

Posted on September 23, 2015 by srdianne

Testament From the corner of my eye I see them Not to be helped Not to be deleted Just a shutter click within On a freeway overpass in midday The sea wind even here Tossing at possessions They scramble to … Continue reading →

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Geoff Wood Reflection for September 27, 2015

Posted on September 22, 2015 by srdianne

Hyperbole             In today’s Gospel Jesus is portrayed as speaking in hyperboles – engaging in exaggerated, extravagant ways of speech.  If anyone causes one of those who believe in me to stumble, toss him into the sea with a millstone … Continue reading →

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