I usually wake up early, Turn on the news, And go back to sleep. This morning I was shocked awake By the news of further violence. The...

I wrote this prayer a few weeks ago in the aftermath of the Orlando shooting. Since then, there was the attack in the Istanbul airport...

In my book of blessings I have the honor of sharing part of my maternal father's story. Tom Wilson and his family (brother Jack, sister...

With gratitude I traveled the holy path To Iona. Remembering the ones Who journeyed here by boat, Who scraped out lives From dirt, from...

A Prayer of St. Columba Be a bright flame before me, O God a guiding star above me. Be a smooth path below me, a kindly shepherd behind...

Beautiful bluebells. The midges of Scotland. Fish and chips in Oban. Kilchurn Castle on Loch Awe. Awesome.

I went to the graveyard At St. Cuthbert's Church today. Thousands of years of history In this quiet place. Above the church yard stands...

Wee cottage in the East Princes Gardens. I wonder who lives here? I could live here and watch the people Walking by on Sunday afternoon....

The spiritual life starts at the place where you can hear God’s voice. Where somehow you can claim that long before your father, your...

Bless these hearts So tender and fragile, So easily broken, Bruised, torn. Bless these hearts That beat in compassion and hurt, In love...

For ten years I had broadcast love To the purple clematis Climbing the mailbox At Ace, the bird dog's house. I watched for it to sprout,...

What is this age thing? Numbers signifying time. Judgments from society, from my "committee" About the meaning of each new year?...

This tree, My companion In the front yard. You are the filter Through which I watch The winter sky. Sunrises, stars, The sliver of a moon...

Bless this book And those who read it. May they find within its pages Words that touch their hearts, Prayers that speak their stories,...

We wake up to the news Of another terrorist attack. Ordinary people doing ordinary things. Lives changed forever. This place seems so far...

In name of the Creator, In name of the Child, In name of Spirit, Three in One: Creator cherish me, Christ cherish me. Spirit cherish me,...

I skipped yesterday's word in Alive Now's Lent Photo-a-Day spiritual practice. The word was "Repent." Today's word, "Transform," is so...

I set out with the dogs On our early morning pilgrimage To the park and back. The dark sky is tinged with a faint pink. As we walk, the...

The early-morning light brushes the sky With gentle touches of color And the seeds of a new day are planted. Plant your beauty in us....

I hear the news Of the death of a friend. A wife, a mother, a grandmother. I am nearly undone Despite the fact That I barely knew her....