I have not meant to be silent for so long. I have been busy – as I am sure we all have – with end-of-summer rituals and last-minute vacations, all of them balanced with work, work, work.
But I’ve been doing a lot of reading, and one of the things I came across, about an older [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Old Men
Posted in Something to Pray For on August 31, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Posted in Prayers For Beads, Something to Pray For on August 9, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Today marks the 64th anniversary of the bombing of Nagasaki, three days after the same anniversary (Aug. 6) of the bombing of Hiroshima. The bombings, the first deployment of nuclear weapons, killed more than 200,000 people – men, women and children. For more information about the religious community’s commemoration of this sad day and resources [...]
Guest Blogging Today
Posted in Uncategorized on August 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Okay, everybody head over the Jan Lundy’s Awake is Good blog and see what she and I and all our great readers have to say about prayer beads as an enhancement to spiritual practice. Chime in with a comment – how about your favorite prayer bead prayer?
Prayers for Navajo Homes
Posted in Something to Pray For on August 4, 2009 | 3 Comments »
In the category of something worth praying for . . . .
In Monday’s New York Times, there was an article by Dan Frosch about uranium contamination in many homes in the Navajo Nation. It seems that many Navajo houses show high levels of poisonous uranium left over from the days when these Native Americans mined [...]
Guest Blogging
Posted in Uncategorized on August 4, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I am making my first appearance as a “guest blogger” this Thursday on Awake is Good, Janice Lynne Lundy’s excellent blog on meditation, contemplation and plain old spiritual awareness. Jan is the author of Your Truest Self and is a spiritual teacher and retreat leader based in Traverse City, Mich. While much of her work [...]
