Browsing Category: Journal Pages
THROUGH A DISTANCE
There was rejuvenation in the sun; in the songs of birds on wind, and, too, in breeze through woods; in the miles underfoot, breath finding and settling into rhythm, in the strain of beginning run and the loosening and settling in of body the longer that you kept; how mind matched with flesh and […]
TRANSFIGURATION
“And after six days Jesus taketh unto him Peter and James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into a high mountain apart: and he was transfigured before them. And his face did shine as the sun: and his garments became white as snow…and as he was yet speaking, behold a bright cloud […]
PHIAL OF LIGHT
I was in darkness, alone with thought I’d rather not hold, feeling its shadow close. I sought to divert my mind and came upon a passage. In it, Frodo is in an undesirable place, tempted again to wear the Ring. His hands clutch to the chain where the ring is kept, but he […]
VOCATIONS
A vocation is not always a profession. Our purpose and life passion may not be what pays bills or puts food on our table, and that’s alright. Purpose and vocation are not a focus for immanent needs but on something more that stirs our souls and raises sense and connection to a Higher. […]
SKY-WRITE
“…this is not the only time nature has reflected the feelings in my heart; I have noticed it often during my life. When I cried, the heavens were full of tears, and when I was happy, the sky was a cloudless blue.”–St Therese of Lisieux, “The Story of a Soul” _____ _____ “…there is always […]
SUBLIME REALITY
“There are some touching illusions which are, perhaps, sublime realities.”—Victor Hugo, Les Miserables Book sits on reading table or wall’s top shelf. Bookmark creeps slowly into its volume between long pauses and time away until I return to it again; but it is always there, waiting for when soul should seek again. I […]
SCRAP OF BLUE
For my friend Tyler, thank you for the ways you enriched and grew the lives you touched. Thank you for the conversations, books, philosophy, and talks of God. I am grateful to have been your friend.
FICTIONS OF A TRUE-LIVED LIFE
“What happens when you die?” the counselor asks. It was a question posed to her, years before, when another learned of her written volumes filled with private thoughts and dreams. “I don’t know,” I answer. “I never really thought about it,” the same answer she gave then. “Are there things in […]
SPIRITUAL REALITIES
I received an angel-message today. I was struggling with something in spirit. I was weak, and mind dwelled somewhere that it shouldn’t. Alone, I was burdened and ready to concede to affecting lesser state of spirit. I was committed to follow where I knew I should not go. Then, just as I was […]