A Thanksgiving Prayer

A Thanksgiving Prayer I give thanks for the earth and its gifts of grain, fruit, vegetable, and legume. I give thanks for water. It is a part of me and I am connected to it. For the fluidity of life as expressed in lakes, rivers, oceans and the blood that runs through me. I give [...]

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Peace, Justice and One Thousand Cranes

This past Sunday was the first Sunday in our four-week Peace and Justice series at Trinity Episcopal Church in St. Louis. Since cranes have become a peace symbol, after the story of a small girl named Sadako in Japan spread throughout the world, a friend of mine started our church community folding origami cranes several [...]

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Ash Wednesday

Today is the first day of Lent – a religious season I generally ignore or try and creep through as though through a path covered with overgrown rose bushes… just trying to get to the other end with as few scraps and scars as possible – and without tearing open old wounds. In the past [...]

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Let Me Walk In Beauty

A friend asked me about my Thanksgiving Prayer – and asked if was of Native American descent. My name might suggest that I am, but my looks are decidedly Nordic. My name was made up almost 20 years ago and I had it legally changed back then. Even though I am not Native American, I [...]

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In Thanksgiving

Today I give thanks for the earth and its gifts of grain, fruit, vegetable, and legume. Today I give thanks for water. It is a part of me and I am connected to it. For the fluidity of life as expressed in lakes, rivers, oceans and the blood that runs through me. Today I give [...]

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