‘World Aids Day 2013″ Cathedral of Hope – Dallas, TX A very dear friend of mine was singing as part of a service of remembrance and gratitude on this, World Aids Day. It has been a long time since I have been to a service that was so moving, one where God’s presence was so big and so warm and so loving. This is kind of a sad statement from someone who attends church regularly. Every part of this service…
“Grateful for Bread” Since Brooke has been home with us, and even more since the girls started their bread baking business, we never have a shortage of freshly baked bread. For me, the carbohydrate addict, this is like heaven on earth. I, however, do not take this abundance of bread for granted. It is a spiritual thing to watch all of the ingredients, separate as they are, come together into these beautiful loaves. The process is sometimes long and rather…
“Franciscan Spirit” I have been at a gathering of Franciscans all week. There is been much serious discussion, most of which about the Doctrine of Discovery. But tonight, we had an evening of Franciscan fun. Three of our former Minister Provincials went head to head in a game of Jeopardy in which all of the questions pertained to St. Francis. The categories were Francis’ Biography, The Principles (of the Order), The Devotional Companion, The Franciscan Calendar and Cast of Characters….
“Path to . . .” I’m not sure how it happened, but today turned out to be a busy day. I sand for the early service this morning and then we went to our favorite local cafe for breakfast after church. That should have been a quick meal but we found ourselves in a conversation with the owner about church, the mysteries of the church and personal spiritual experiences. Another woman, whom we had never met, then joined us and…
“Nuns on the Bus” I thought everyone knew about the nuns on the bus, but apparently I was wrong. Weber and I had dinner with the rest of our family last night and shared that we had been to see the nuns on the bus as they travelled through Dallas yesterday afternoon. They all looked at us and said “Who?” That is when I realized that we watched way too much liberal TV during the last election. MSNBC was all…
“Hope, Peace and Love” This is the bell tower at the Cathedral of Hope taken through a window from the Dallas Peace Chapel. On the first Friday of each month, I play for a Taize service at the Peace Chapel. It is a beautiful space in which to play as well as to just be. I love playing for this service; even though I have to pay close attention because of my responsibilities as a musician, I am always…
Disasters, both natural and human, have plagued my area for the last month. Cities, homes and hearts have been ripped apart in many places by different things. This recent string of events began on April 17th with the fire and explosion at a fertilizer plant in the small town of West, TX, which is about an hour and a half south of Dallas. Not quite a month later, powerful tornadoes ripped through Cleburne and Granbury, also small towns an hour…
“A Path of Prayer” One of the things that I have come to love about the Capture Your 365 Project is that it has caused me to learn many things about my own city. It was late this afternoon before I considered what to do for today’s prompt. I have photographed our many parks lots of times and as I ran their paths through my head, nothing struck me as a possible subject for today. This may be because I…
“Be Still and Know” There is no doubt that we have a fairly big collection of bad habits, but we also have a few good ones. Taking some time out of every day to be still and quiet is one of the good ones.
“God’s Fool”