Tag Archives: hope

Ecology: Finding the Light

Posted on February 19, 2014 by Christiana McQuain

The physical and spiritual resources the earth provides are evident everywhere around us, but it is nature’s living example of growth and survival – it’s ability to sustain itself – from which we have much to learn.  Nature can be … Continue reading →

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Birth: Possibilities

Posted on January 22, 2014 by Christiana McQuain

It is entirely possible that circumstances in your life have left you weary and wandering.  The baggage that you have been carrying has grown ever heavier, and it may feel as though it is weighing  you down and preventing you … Continue reading →

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Birth: Sunrise

Posted on January 9, 2014 by Bob Patrick

My son was driving me home from the airport.  It was late and cold.  Suddenly I was aware of this haunting music on the radio and that he was singing.  It has become one very important song to me, and … Continue reading →

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Advent (Love) – Generating Love

Posted on December 23, 2013 by admin

@Pontifex on December 23, 2013 @5:23 am EST Retweet Christmas celebrations are often full of sound. It would be good for us to make room for silence, to hear the voice of Love.  …Pope Francis As I move about in various places … Continue reading →

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Advent (Hope): Difficulties

Posted on December 7, 2013 by Bob Patrick

Difficulties break some people.  They make others.  Is this a truth that you have observed? My own experience is that difficulties often feel like they are breaking me, but ultimately, if I am honest, they make me.  They make me … Continue reading →

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Advent: Legacy of Hope

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Christiana McQuain

“I am fundamentally an optimist. Whether that comes from nature or nurture, I cannot say. Part of being optimistic is keeping one’s head pointed toward the sun, one’s feet moving forward. There were many dark moments when my faith in … Continue reading →

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Advent (Hope): Chanukah

Posted on December 5, 2013 by admin

There is a conversation that I have with my dad, like clockwork, when I take a new class. I begin, usually in tears, about my inability to do anything remotely useful with Latin. My dad responds, reminding me of the … Continue reading →

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