We sing. We open our mouths before dawn breaks, because our hope seeds in the dark. And we believe, before we see, the dawn that breaks through leaves and gilds them gold. We arise in our hearts, and so our voice declares the light before it arrives. Ana Lisa de Jong May 2017 … More A Poem: We Sing
You surround us. There is comfort there. So much comfort to be had by the thought of our encompassment. We lie, like seeds in the earth; or wait, as birds in a nest. For our provision. For our establishment in the ground. And for a while there, we thrive. Until seasons change, and our … More A Poem: Love Surrounds
“Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant with the weak and wrong. Sometime in your life you will have been all of these.” Walter Scott “I am capable of loving, but I am also capable of not loving. That cannot be said about God. … More Daily Inspiration, 9 May 17
“Often hobbling through our church doors on Sunday morning comes grace on crutches — sinners still unable to throw away their false supports and stand upright in the freedom of the children of God. Yet, their mere presence in the church on Sunday morning is a flickering candle representing a desire to maintain contact … More Daily Inspiration: 8 May 17
“When I choose happiness, I am not denying the pain of this world. I am refusing to give into it.” Jennifer Dukes Lee, ‘The Happiness Dare’ “It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful.” Brother David Steind-Rast “One grateful thought is a ray of sunshine. A hundred such … More Daily Inspiration, 4 May 17
“The things that matter most in our lives are not fantastic or grand. They are the moments when we touch one another.” Jack Kornfield “My circle is small but the love is enormous and genuine. It gets no better.” Alex Elle “Pour out your life in small moments that add up to the monumental. The … More Daily Inspiration, 2 May 17
“God is not a static thing—not even a person—but a dynamic, pulsating activity, a life, almost a kind of drama. Almost, if you will not think me irreverent, a kind of dance.” C.S. Lewis “I believe that the world was created and approved by love, that it subsists, coheres, and endures by love, and … More Daily Inspiration, 1 May 2017
Living Tree Poetry 