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Reflection for October 12, 2016

The Lord is My Pacesetter The Lord is my pacesetter; I shall not rush She makes me stop for quiet intervals. She provides me with images of stillness Which restore my serenity. She leads me in ways of efficiency through … Continue reading

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Reflection for October 5, 2016

Noah’s Ark as Metaphor — Turning the Tides of Trouble “The story of Noah and the Ark is a perfect diagram of the technique for handling a large problem.  A flood of water is representative of our daily life with … Continue reading

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Reflection for September 28, 2016

Moments Let us be thanksful For work we have done And let us be grateful For work put aside. For work left undone Speaks of choices, Not neglect. It tells of living fully Not of lonely shoulds, Of catching unique … Continue reading

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Geoff Wood Reflection for October 2, 2016

If you have faith the size of a mustard seed . . .             Toward the end of the 1979 film Manhattan (which revered film critic Roger Ebert included in his list of The Great Movies) Ike, a 42 year … Continue reading

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Geoff Wood Reflection for September 25, 2016

9/11             On September 13th, 2001 – contrary to all expectations – Jane and I took off for Italy as planned.  This was but two days after the unspeakable crimes of September 11th.  I was of two minds after those … Continue reading

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Reflection for September 21, 2016

Hope It hovers in dark corners before the lights are turned on, It shakes sleep from its eyes and drops from mushroom gills. It explodes in the starry heads of dandelions turned sages, It sticks to the wings of green … Continue reading

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Reflection for September 14, 2016

“Above all, do not lose your desire to walk.   Every day I walk myself into a state of well being, and walk away from every illness.   I have walked myself into my best thoughts, and I know of … Continue reading

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Reflection for September 7, 2016

Every noon at twelve Every noon at twelve In the blazing heat God comes to me In the form of Two hundred grams of gruel I know Him in every grain I taste Him in every lick. I commune with … Continue reading

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Geoff Wood Reflection for September 11, 2016

Lost and Found             Mark Twain tells us, in his classic story The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, of how mournfully Tom’s Aunt Polly spoke of his and his friends’ drowning in the Mississippi River back in the 1840’s near Hannibal, … Continue reading

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Reflection for August 31, 2016

The phrase “growing old” suggests that the only thing that is happening is the passing of time and the deterioration of the body.  I think something else is happening–a metamorphosis. Something happens in the human life cycle as we enter … Continue reading

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