Thin Places

Taken after a heavy rainstorm while I was hiking Beaver Mountain, Estes Park, Colorado Is this place really nearer to God? Is the wall thin between our whispers And His listening? I only know The world grows less and less– Here what matters is conquering the...
True North

True North

According to The compass Wherever you happen To stand, North, south, East and west, Meet in the palm Of your hand. –Valerie Worth I received my first compass when I was very young—maybe seven or eight years old.  It was a pretty flimsy specimen, more a toy than...

Growing Green

Pause for just a moment—wherever you are—and gaze out the nearest window.  (I’ll wait here while you do.)  Take some time to ponder the landscape.  Notice the swells of the land, the shape of the clouds, and the angle of the sun rays.  Most of all,...
Wild Goose Chase

Wild Goose Chase

It was that dim, uncertain time of day—the time when the sun is just settling behind the trees for the night, but its light still lingers faintly.  I was using the last drops of day to keep working on a big task:  the eternal chore, familiar to all who live...