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InSpiritry Question for the Day - May 29, 2009: Looking Fear in the Face

Friday, May 29th, 2009

“You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, ‘I lived through this…I can take the next thing that comes along.“

Eleanor Roosevelt

While none of us wish for fear–and many of us avoid it at all cost–it is true that we grow from experiences that make us feel afraid. (more…)

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Question for the Day: May 18, 2009

Monday, May 18th, 2009

“My heart goes out to …“

Have you heard these words? We say them when we care deeply about a person or are moved by the plight of a group of people in a difficult situation. The wonderful idea created is that we send our heart – that keeper of our spirituality, our emotions, our souls — to be shared with someone else! (more…)

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Nature as Sanctuary

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

“There is sanctuary in being alone with nature.”

Jonathan Lockwood Huie

When life swirls around us into a tornadic wind of uncertainty or trudges along dragging its heavy boots or orders us about with its responsibilities and expectations, it is important to have places that serve as sanctuary. This morning is a reminder that the place I live and write is both sanctuary and studio. Like Jonathan Lockwood Huie, I need time to be “alone with nature.” I am blessed that it is right outside my door.

I thought today I would invite you for a visit! (more…)

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InSpiritry Question for the Day April 25, 2009

Saturday, April 25th, 2009

When we take the time to count our blessings, we have so much to be grateful for. Every day is worth celebrating!

If today was your new holiday, what would you be celebrating?

When We Celebrate Our Lives, We Can Be a Blessing!

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Question for the Day: April 23, 2009

Thursday, April 23rd, 2009

Wisdom comes from many sources: friends, mentors, family members, practical experiences - good and bad.

What piece of wisdom from the past do you keep in your heart?

When We Recognize Wisdom, We Can Be a Blessing!

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InSpiritry Question for the Day 4-17-09

Friday, April 17th, 2009

The experience of others adds to our knowledge, but not to our wisdom–

that is dearer bought.

Hosea Ballou

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For several days I have been posting InSpiritry Questions for the Day on Facebook–questions that lead us to consider our lives a little more deeply. The responses have been interesting. Since not everyone is part of that community, I thought I would post the same questions here each day. So in between longer weekly/monthly Passion for the Greater Good posts, I’ll be posting questions to carry in your mind’s pocket for a while each day!

Today’s InSpiritry Question for the Day:

What experience from your past has made you stronger?

(Are you using that strength for Good?)

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When We Use the Wisdom Gained from Experience, We Can Be a Blessing!

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Spring Renewal

Saturday, April 11th, 2009

Spring!

It’s Easter weekend, the time when Christian congregations around the world commemorate Christ’s resurrection, the remembrance of the empty tomb where passionate women friends of Jesus discovered the fulfilment of prophecy. For modern Christians, Easter is the celebration of spiritual renewal and the hope of eternal life for those who believe.

For other Americans, it is a happy weekend of family gatherings, Sunday lunches, children in brightly colored outfits and Easter egg hunts.

It’s also spring, the time when Nature’s message of renewal is just as passionate as Easter itself. Here in East Texas, green has miraculously returned to bare branches and sleeping sod. Flowers of every hue shout their songs of celebration and new life. Animals large and small seem reinvigorated for this season of procreation and birth.

While our human lives are often more driven by work deadlines, school assignments and family responsilibities, we would do well to affirm our natural selves this time of year, to find ways to use this month to experience resurrection, both spiritually and personally–embracing the idea of a new lease on life, a chance to start again, fresh beginnings, bright hope.

Think about your own life this Easter:

With the long, cold months of winter over, what darkness do you need to leave behind?
As the world blossoms with color, how can you experience celebration and creativity with those you love?
While birds build nests and mother animals give birth, what can you do to insure our childrens’ future?
As caterpillars are being transformed into butterflies, what relationships of yours need to be renewed?
Now that plants and trees are growing again, what part of your life needs new attention and growth or even change?

Let’s celebrate Easter with all the joy it represents. Let’s welcome Spring and experience a time for renewal. Let’s use our lives for more than self-absorbed day-to-day living. Let’s be Passionate about the Future, working together towards the Greater Good!

When We Experience Renewal,

We Can Be a Blessing!

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Problem Solving 101

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

The problems that exist in the world today

cannot be solved

with the level of thinking that created them.

Albert Einstein

Hope! Change! Possibility! Excitement!

The year 2009 began with a bang. The amazing celebrations surrounding the inauguration of Barak Obama as the new President offered Americans some much-needed optimism about the future. Some of us even let ourselves believe the worst was over!

While it was nice to have that brief January respite from the storm of bad news from around the world, February seems to have tossed us overboard: Worsening economic conditions. The catastrophic environmental crisis. Governmental gridlock. Terrorism. Genocide. Famine. Illness. And so far, most of our leaders are displaying a stubborn and often selfish allegiance to old ideas and older fears. (more…)

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A Political Event and A Spiritual Awakening

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

I do solemnly swear

that I will faithfully execute the office

of President of the United States of America…

It happened! It really happened! Barak Obama has been sworn in as the first African American President of the United States!

The moment we have long awaited finally arrived today at noon, and what a moment it was! After a beautiful Washington DC dawn welcomed thousands of flag-waving Americans gathered on the mall and while cheering parade watchers waited with their faces full of smiles and tears, it happened. As we all watched, a young man’s leadership moved us into a new era– not only beyond racial divisions, but also beyond global aggression, beyond financial thievery, beyond partisan politics and beyond business as usual. As Barak Obama took the oath of office, promising to uphold this country, we also took an oath to bravely follow him into our future.

Like the orator he is, he spoke words we have needed to hear. As a word lover and progressive, I delighted in the power of his speech. But, even with all he said, it was not his words, but our words that struck me most. (more…)

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The Question No One Is Asking

Friday, January 2nd, 2009

Cash for trash!

Paul Krugman discussing the financial bailout, New York Times, Sept. 22.

Ahh, memories of 2008…

First came the slump in the housing market and growing mortgage defaults, then we found out about those infamous credit default swaps which were followed by the collapse of financial institutions and insurance companies (and the stock market along with them), then the call for a bailout of auto manufacturers and later other smaller companies and most recently the Bernie Madoff investment debacle. The economic house of cards that American finance built over the past two decades is in a heap on the floor, and we, Americans, are asking ourselves disturbing questions: (more…)

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