Today’s meditation reads like a psalm to me: something very musical sleeps among the words. On a dark day, I found great solace in this meditation, praising the calm and seeking universal wisdom all around me! Save this for a rainy cloudy day: As a single slab of rock Won’t budge in the wind, So [...]

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Scribe on November 8th, 2009

Beannacht (“Blessing”)   On the day when the weight deadens on your shoulders and you stumble, may the clay dance to balance you.   And when your eyes freeze behind the grey window and the ghost of loss gets in to you, may a flock of colours, indigo, red, green, and azure blue come to [...]

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Scribe on October 21st, 2009

A meditation from Ps. 26 and Mt. 11:25-30 May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable unto thee, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer. Some of the things that God gives us to do, that He calls the easiest parts, are really the most difficult. He tells us [...]

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Scribe on May 7th, 2009

    One of the things I like best about Twitter (yea-yea – I’m a nerd) is that each message is limited to 140 characters, which can make for some  beautiful spiritual poetry and prayers. So I’m adding on a new Category to the site called Prayers from Twitter for just this type of work. [...]

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Scribe on September 19th, 2008

a fraction of Psalm 61 Hear my cry, O God; listen to my prayer. From the ends of the earth I call to you, I call as my heart grows faint; lead me to the rock that is higher than I. For you have been my refuge, a strong tower against the foe. I long [...]

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