Tag Archives: Religion and Spirituality

Dancing at Lughnasa – April 21

Posted on April 21, 2013 by landl30

4.21 Bare feet slap the earth, searching for consort with rhythms of the earth, probing, connecting at deep warm dark places Fr. Jack was a happy man who fell in love with his people and flowed to their gods. … Continue reading →

Posted in poetry | Tagged Broadway theatre, Christianity, Dancing at Lughnasa, Earth, friendship, God, gratitude, journey, Lord, Lughnasa, Opposing Views, Priest, Psychology, Religion and Spirituality, Tom Stoppard | Leave a comment

walking the other way – April 8

Posted on April 8, 2013 by landl30

4.8 Walking the other way on a traditional trail today, the dog seemed confused. Kept stopping, sniffing, looking, turning back. It is a pond loop, but he is used to the other way round, as if his sense memories had … Continue reading →

Posted in poetry | Tagged animals, Celtic, dog, journey, Opposing Views, Religion and Spirituality, spirituality, unwinding, Walk, water., wells | Leave a comment

kenyon redux – April 4

Posted on April 4, 2013 by landl30

4.4 A lovely campus and where is God to whose glory it was begun Have we bartered for a tower of Babel instead. Learned children, do they learn of you or only of their own creation and leave behind … Continue reading →

Posted in poetry | Tagged Babel, Christianity, college, college search, God, Kenyon, Kenyon College, Prayer, raising children, Religion and Spirituality, sons | Leave a comment

easter eve – March 31

Posted on March 31, 2013 by landl30

3.31 I think Lent is over, she said and so I gave her chocolate with oranges in it, and went and raised a bourbon glass in toast.The Lord is risen, the Lord is risen indeed. I hope it will … Continue reading →

Posted in poetry | Tagged bourbon, Calendar, chocolate, Christianity, Easter, Holy Saturday, Jesus, Lent, Lord, oranges, Religion and Spirituality, toast | Leave a comment

grace is needed – March 30

Posted on March 30, 2013 by landl30

3.30 The mother raccoon bites the head of her cub with no eyes. The demand of evolution, to kill the weakest, strange, deformed, so that the fittest survive. The different child at school picked upon almost — we hope … Continue reading →

Posted in poetry | Tagged animals, Biology, Charles Darwin, Christianity, Darwinism, Evolution, faith, grace, Natural selection, Neo-Darwinism, Origin of Species, Psychology, Religion and Spirituality, Speciation | Leave a comment

Francisco – March 27

Posted on March 27, 2013 by landl30

3.27 Francisco, patron of humility saving grace for souls like mine that reach too far and then pull back in fear of mortality, of knowledge learned too soon of death’s seduction, of flight desired, yet hindered. … Continue reading →

Posted in poetry | Tagged Christianity, fear, God, humility, Religion and Spirituality, The Pope | Leave a comment

palm branches – March 25

Posted on March 25, 2013 by landl30

3.24 palm branches in the land of palms, for the king of kings, come in little crosses, the fronds taken for granted. like gifts of our souls that we overlook because they are so close to us we cannot … Continue reading →

Posted in poetry | Tagged Christianity, Palm Sunday, Psychology, Religion and Spirituality | Leave a comment

In the magic undercroft of my dreams – March 22

Posted on March 22, 2013 by landl30

3.22 In the magic undercroft of my dreams, a central temple room lined with white fluted columns, recessed panels of dark night sky dotted with stars between. Above, a pale reflected light illumines the open surround. And Jesus walks … Continue reading →

Posted in poetry | Tagged Christianity, Crown of thorns, Dream, God, Interpretation, Jesu, Jesus, Jesus Christ, Opposing Views, Psychology, Religion and Spirituality, Secret passage, Social Sciences, Undercroft | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: Religion and Spirituality

Archives

Meta