Terry Gremel leads the Cancer Support Group in Northport. She has done this for years. Those who attend speak very favorably of the group and of Terry. At their February meeting, Terry invited Amy Columbo, Music Therapist and Mental Health Counselor, to attend. Some who attended spoke of Amy’s beautiful heart-reaching harp music. Today TerryContinue reading ““Show up” – an invitation”
Category Archives: aging
Lent – 2016
It is here already. On Wednesday night February 10, 2016, at 7:00, you are invited, Continue reading “Lent – 2016”
Martha was at the heart of things
Today a wee bit after 5:00 pm, little Ella, who is a Girl Scout in the troop that meets at Trinity on Tuesdays, was headed for home. She had just finished working on a sewing project with Marie Elena. I asked her if she had sewn something fun today. She said, “I sewed seven rows onContinue reading “Martha was at the heart of things”
“a humble partner with”
Today Northern Michigan’s Magazine “Traverse” arrived at our PO Box. It is a very cool (no pun intended) journal. Today’s issue includes articles titled “I Come in Praise of Snow,” “Breathtaking Winter,” and “Witness to the Land: 80 years on a Leelanau Farm.” In “Witness to the Land” I encountered the story of a manContinue reading ““a humble partner with””
Tears
Those of you who have been following this blog from the beginning may remember that Patricia and I began it with the idea of exploring Celtic wisdom for aging with vibrancy, beauty, and grace. Very early in our time in Ireland, 2012, with Mary Meighan, as our guide for a pilgrimage in Glendalough Valley and beyond,Continue reading “Tears”
takes about a hundred seconds
The new theme for our blog (watermark) will (depending on your internet speed) take a minimum of 60 seconds to download if you scroll down over each picture. . . some are mine (some are other’s) breathe easy . . . the pictures are good . . . Each one (if scrolled over and clicked on) willContinue reading “takes about a hundred seconds”
did you notice?
Wellsofwellness.org has a new look. The site has been updated with WordPress’ Watermark Theme. Each blog is now displayed with an image. Scroll over any image on the home page to see the title of the post associated with that picture. Take your time to take a look at these pictures . . . thereContinue reading “did you notice?”
“on the pulse of the morning”
Someone on Sunday asked me if we were going to have the opportunity for further conversation about Maya Angelou’s poem that we heard and saw via video on December 27 at Trinity. https://youtu.be/xUuTig9kavA The answer is, YES! That morning we heard the story of the gifts that were brought by the folks-of-SofiaContinue reading ““on the pulse of the morning””
Matthew Fox – Thank you!
Thank you, Matthew Fox. What a ride of joy, awe, and inspiration to read your revised and updated “Confessions: The Making of a Post –Denominational Priest.” I was first introduced to you years ago by way of “Original Blessing.” Growing up in the fifties as a child of missionaries, I was steeped in original sinContinue reading “Matthew Fox – Thank you!”
An Opening Prayer: Matthew Fox honoring Reb. Zalmon
Hundreds gathered in a theater in Boulder, Colorado, on August 17, 2014, on what would have been Reb. Zalman’s ninetieth birthday, to pay him respect and gratitude. Matthew Fox was invited to offer the opening prayer at his service. You may find the prayer in Matt’s newly updated and revised autobiography, “Confessions” page 445: AncientContinue reading “An Opening Prayer: Matthew Fox honoring Reb. Zalmon”
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