Contemplating in the Yard

Looking is the beginning of seeing. ~Sister Corita Kent (from God in the Yard) I don’t know if L.L. took a camera to the yard. So far I don’t see that she said I couldn’t. I often take a tray to sit on wet grass or table. It holds my camera, binoculars, small Bible, God in the Yard, a steno pad, and a pencil. And a cup of steaming tea. And then I wait. And watch. And listen. Contemplate. L.L. writes about contemplation in chapter 3. There’s so much meat in those few pages. I’ve read them over and over. She says that to “mark out a temple” is one meaning of the word. And that brings to mind a favorite scripture, a life verse: One thing I have asked from the Lord, that shall I seek: That I may dwell in the house of the Lord...