Fully Alive Spiritual Practice for March 25

Practice scriptorium: Write Psalm 40: 5-10 

Centering Prayer: tonight at 6:00 pm

 

Fully Alive Spiritual Practice for March 21

Gratitude Prayer based on Psalm 136:  

Thank you, God - for being good!

God always loves! Your love will never stop!

Thank you, God! You're the God of all gods 

God always loves! Your love will never stop!

Thank you, God! You're the Lord of all Lords.

God always loves! Your love will never stop!

Thank you, God-for being the only one who makes great wonders.

God always loves! Your love will never stop!

Thank you, God-for making the skies with skill

God always loves! Your love will never stop!

Thank you, God-for shaping the earth on the water

God always loves! Your love will never stop!

Thank you, God-for providing food for all living things

God always loves! Your love will never stop!

Thank you, God! You're the God of heaven

God always loves! Your love will never stop!

 

Fully Alive Spiritual Practice for March 20

Watch "The life cycle of a t-shirt" click here to view

Consider how you might reuse, recycle, or repurpose your unwanted clothing.

Fully Alive Spiritual Practice for March 19: An excerpt from the Holy Walk

 

Wild Geese by Mary Oliver

You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting.
You only have to let the soft animal of your body
love what it loves.
Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine.
Meanwhile the world goes on.
Meanwhile the sun and the clear pebbles of the rain
are moving across the landscapes,
over the prairies and the deep trees,
the mountains and the rivers.
Meanwhile the wild geese, high in the clean blue air,
are heading home again.
Whoever you are, no matter how lonely,
the world offers itself to your imagination,
calls to you like the wild geese, harsh and exciting–
over and over announcing your place
in the family of things.

 

Holy Walk: The Sycamore Tree

 

Luke 19:1-4 Zacchaeus the Tax Collector 

Jesus entered Jericho and was passing through.  A man was there by the name of  Zacchaeus; he was a chief tax collector and was wealthy.  He wanted to see who Jesus was, but because he was short he could not see over the crowd.  So he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore-fig tree to see him, since Jesus was coming that way.

 

The Sycamore's Whisper

The sycamore stands, a weathered soul,
Its bark, a canvas, stories told.
Through storms it bends, yet stands so tall,
A silent guardian, answering nature's call.

Its roots run deep, a network vast,
Holding secrets from the ages past.
The sunbeams dance upon its leaves,
A symphony the wind weaves.

Each scar a mark of battles won,
A testament to life begun.
It sheds its leaves, a gentle sigh,
Then bursts anew, reaching for the sky.

A haven for creatures, big and small,
It watches over, standing tall.
The sycamore whispers, soft and low,
Of nature's rhythm, ebb and flow.

(This reading was a portion of the Holy Walk practice on Monday, March 17. More to be shared later.) 

Fully Alive Spiritual Practice for March 18

Pay extra attention to the hygiene items you use today.

Donate these or similar items to the Food Pantry.