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Days 279-280 Summer Days
“Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything that is beautiful; for beauty is God's handwriting ~ a wayside sacrament. Welcome it in every fair face, in every fair sky, in every fair flower, and thank God for it as a… Continue reading
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Days 274-278 – The Power of Fun
What does fun look like to one CEO? Continue reading
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Days 272-273 What Do You Love?
Erie Chapman’s provocative Journal essay has stimulated much thought and discussion among Journal readers (Days 267-271 – The Courage to Live and to Die?. Most people would agree it is important to talk with their physician about their wishes for… Continue reading
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Days 267-271 – The Courage to Live…and to Die?
On July 21, 2015, Gill Pharaoh, a healthy & happy retired nurse entered a Swiss clinic & voluntarily received a life-ending drug. Why? Continue reading
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Days 265-266 Serenity
May God grant me the serenityto accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can; and wisdom to know the difference.-Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) I wonder how many of us have uttered these words in moments of despair; either… Continue reading
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Days 260-264 – Seeing The Wind
"Those things are beautiful which please when they are seen." – St. Thomas Aquinas Her eyesight was among the best of anyone who ever lived. Yet, she probably never saw a sunrise nor would she recall seeing a… Continue reading
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Days 258-259: The Moon Swayed
"The sky is that beautiful old parchment in which the sun and the moon keep their diary."-Alfred Kreymborg, Old Manuscript. In reverence of blue moon rising and memories etched in sky's delicate parchment. T’was magical, watching her rise up, when she… Continue reading
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Days 253-257 – Where is Our Soul?
Any science teacher can explain why a double rainbow occurs. None can explain why such sights (including the way the car shape mimics the rainbows) move the soul. When my youngest grandson saw these twin rainbows he said, “That means… Continue reading
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Days 251-252 “God, Beyond All Names”
What we see depends on the lens through which we look. What do you see when you gaze upon these two images of the world? … Continue reading
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Days 246-250 – Whispering in God’s Ear
What would you whisper into God’s ear right now? Meister Eckhart wrote, “The eye through which I see God is the same eye through which God sees me.” Continue reading
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