Square bread. They have square bread. The other is round. I am still figuring this out. They also have a toilet that deserves to be in an art museum. There have been many of these kinds of moments today. In case you were wondering, I slept straight through the night and woke up shortly before […]
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Dear Friends, Jambo! I am now in Nairobi at Wildebeest Camp safe and sound. The planes were on time and I enjoyed the trip though by the end, I was ready to be off the plane. The first leg, nearly ten hours, the plane had lots of empty seats so I got to stretch out
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I think I found a new mystic to enter into the circle of “my favorites”. Teilard de Chardin was wonderful to read, I kept finding quotes I loved that spoke to my spirit. I have found it very inspiring to think about the deeper reality that underlies everything we see and hear. This reality, the
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Here we are. My last night in the US until right before Christmas. I’ve had a lot of people ask me if I am excited and I can now say I am really excited now that I’m letting my mind focus on the actual trip and not just the preparations. My backpack sits at home
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It was refreshing to read Johannes Tauler, a mystic with a practical side. I think his words are as appropriate and timely today as they were in his time. We still struggle to see work as something to incorporate as a part of our spiritual lives. We think work takes us away from our lives
Here is the itinerary for my trip to Africa. Feel free to bookmark this post and check back every once in a while to find out where I’ll be that day! I know a lot more about the first part of the trip than the last half but from what I’ve heard, it will all
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Saint John of the Cross has for many years been one of my favorite mystics, one of the ones I connect with the most. He understands what it is like to be in the dark night. He understands what it feels like to be taken apart in the hands of God. I read his book,
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I’ve been asked the current countdown, it is four and a half days. WOW. I’m trying not to think about it in those terms. I pray I’ll be ready. It’s a good thing that after tomorrow I have the day free to work on things. I still have to write a paper for the class
Here are some of the photos I took at Pentacle’s 55th Anniversary. It was really fun to do the photography of a large event like this. 365-09 #335
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