Grace Notes
for the journey
nature - spirit - faith
I am an Episcopal priest whose understanding of God has never been derived from intellectual endeavor, although I did graduate from an accredited seminary. What some call the mystery of the universe simply arrives unbidden at my spiritual doorstep in plain old everyday experience. I am convinced that half an hour spent contemplating weeds in the back yard does more good for the soul than reading all the works of Thomas Aquinas. This blog is one way I’m trying to make sense of the universe.
Anne Kelsey
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Doors to the sacred depths of creation swing open at the intersection of nature and observation.
I sit still on the back porch. Nothing seems to be happening. But then a squirrel launches itself at the bird feeder and tumbles off like a circus pro. A tiny bug crawls along the edge of the railing.
Watching, I discover a crack in the universe just big enough for something to flood through. I think it is God. It is available to all of us, wherever we are and whatever we are doing.
Writers I like
Wendell Berry
Mary Oliver
T.S. Eliot
Annie Dillard
Rick Bass
Barry Lopez
Anne Lamott
Derrick Jenson
William Blake
Billy Collins
Peter Mattheison
Loren Eisley
Artists
Andy Goldsworthy
Rembrandt van Rijn
Dorothea Lange
J.M.W. Turner
Places
Petra, Jordan
Lui, Sudan
Oxford, England
Jerusalem
East Claridon, Ohio
