thought for today

Handwork as Prayer

Handwork is often a form of prayer. Building models, knitting and stitchery, painting, baking bread, throwing pots, weaving — all can become a form of prayer. I have a vivid memory of the scene from the movie Gandhi in which Gandhi removes himself from the tumultuous activities in his quest for justice and sits inContinue reading “Handwork as Prayer”

Each Day

“Try to walk each day as a prayer.” — David Bearclaw Abrams, Heart in the Wild by Susan Chernak McElroy

Affirmative Morning Prayer

There is only one divine, one infinite presence,that is the source of all existence.With my rising consciousness, I realize I’m one with this divine.We are joined, and its power flows through me.The divine spirit guides me in its knowledge.It grants me success in its wisdom.It give me peace amid its vast serenity.It fills my entireContinue reading “Affirmative Morning Prayer”

Prayer is the Greater Work

“Prayer does not fit us for the greater work; prayer is the greater work.” — Oswald Chambers

Cause Me to See Only the Good

This is a longer than normal quotation, but I hope you will take the time to read and ponder the words or Ernest Holmes. “To daily meditate on the perfect life and to daily embody the great ideal, is a royal road to freedom, to that “peace which passeth understanding,” and is happiness to theContinue reading “Cause Me to See Only the Good”