Awakening

Confluence of sunset clouds, rainbow, and full moon over a small Spanish revival neighborhood.
Nature

The Excesses of God

Is it not by his high superfluousness we know Our God? For to equal a need Is natural, animal, mineral: but to fling Rainbows over the rain And beauty above the moon, and secret rainbows On the domes of deep sea-shells, And make the necessary embrace of breeding Beautiful also as fire, Not even the…

The word "Awakening" with a cartoon image of an angel wakening up in a cozy bed.
The Way

Awakening

Our church has a tradition on Epiphany Sunday, or this year on the Sunday after Christmas, where they provide a bowl full of cards, each one printed with a single word. At the end of the service each of us are encouraged to pick a card. We can choose a word that resonates with us.…