Category Archives: Etheree

As I age, I feel myself pulling back the world feels less familiar to me change is happening so quickly that the past seems like a blur, the pace of life so fast the future is here without warning. What … Continue reading →

Grace allows me to see beyond myself to things which I have overlooked or noticed only peripherally. I see yet I am truly blind. Please open my eyes Holy Spirit so that I may embrace all you reveal. EPIPHANY January … Continue reading →

Words imbue great power. Our liturgy reveals the passion of the ancients in its cadence, linking me to the roots of my faith in a way contemporary language cannot, a worthy pilgrimage via the past. EPIPHANY January 25, 2018

If every creature is a word of God, a living alphabet of God’s grace, then all of creation becomes a vessel of the divine brimming with love to share. This language of love is God’s way of revealing himself now. … Continue reading →

When I sit at my desk, its smooth curved legs and rich wooden grain, I sit for hours working without moving from my chair. Time disappears as I get lost in a myriad of daily tasks. It is my kingdom … Continue reading →

Too often we assign extreme value to things that we own. They are but shadows of relationships we treasure. When we no longer possess them, we still have the memories they hold without the clutter they once occupied. EPIPHANY January … Continue reading →

When the leaves of summer fall off the trees, sinewy trunks are exposed, no longer cloaked in invisibility, beauty classically defined like ingénues strolling the avenues only to fade again when spring returns. EPIPHANY January 21, 2018

Pain over time has been my companion. Moving as I move, strong, steady, determined to be a part of my life. Constantly present, I cannot remember a moment without it. We’ve made our peace and learned to get along. EPIPHANY … Continue reading →

I see things clearly, from my point of view. Yet there are others with the same clarity from opposite points of view. We must seek a way to create a vantage point where all sides can see paths to peaceful … Continue reading →

We are knit together in a fabric of humanity. Though we are all stewards of the earth, sky, and water, we are primary caretakers of our entire human family. Grace can heal the rips that tear us apart. EPIPHANY January … Continue reading →