“I speak it to God: I don’t really want more time; I just want enough time. Time to breathe deep and time to see real and time to laugh long, time to give You glory and rest deep and sing joy and just enough time in a day not to feel hounded, pressed, driven, or […]
One Word Less For Lent 2015 – 22
Impossible Dream We think we can save the light, dial it into our hands at will, reset it for our own purposes. Impossible dream. Word Count: 22 All the One Word Less for Lent 2015 posts are bundled here. History of Daylight Savings Time Oh, how sweet the light of day, And […]
Counting down to Easter 2014: 3 Words
in the interim Word Count: 3 Today’s Reading: Revelation 1 – Revelation 7 Reminder: On May 1 we start our study of Making Manifest by Dave Harrity. Learn more here. In the stillness, Sandy
40 Words of Lent 2014: Day 8
I love early morning sun. DST–not so much. What do we save by a clock reset anyway? We’re spending time whether in the dark or in the light. The real question is, “how much does a reset cost us?” Word Count: 40 Today’s Reading: Mark 6-11 In the stillness, Sandy Linking these sparse words with […]
still saturday: wasting time
“Conscientiously ‘wasting’ time with God enables me to speak and act from greater strength, to forgive rather than nurse the latest bruise to my wounded ego, to be capable of magnanimity during the petty moments of life. It empowers me to lose myself, at least temporarily, against a greater background than the tableau of […]
Still Saturday: Catching Quiet
It is a hard art to learn, catching quiet by palms raised cupped in air shifting location here and there like trying to guess the pattern of falling leaves, and hoping to feel the soft descent of moments when silence slips between sounds. ~Enuma Okoro from “Passing Ordinary Time” as found in At the Still […]
Still Saturday: Just Enough Time (Day 20)
“I speak it to God: I don’t really want more time; I just want enough time. Time to breathe deep and time to see real and time to laugh long, time to give You glory and rest deep and sing joy and just enough time in a day not to feel hounded, pressed, driven, or […]
Five Minute Friday: There is No Hurry (Day 12)
I pour tomatoes and chop sweet onion. Then snip parsley frills and crush the basil, sprinkle salt, add spoonful of sugar. Stir. I race against the clock. Hurry. A tasty sauce takes time to simmer. But hungry stomachs will arrive at six. I rattle glasses, bang stainless, wash and wipe. Outside a silver needle threads its […]
Going Home
We should be eating free pancakes (pfannekuchen) under the pavilion. That was the plan. That’s Friday morning Alpenfest tradition. But Sissy and I instead pack hospital bags–contact lens solutions, glasses, toothbrush, deodorant, a change of clothes. We slip computers into cases and cell phone charges into purses. We don’t know what the next few days hold. […]
