Category Archives: Etheree

The poetry form, Etheree, consists of 10 lines of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 syllables. Etheree can also be reversed and written 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1.

Via Nova

New things scare me, causing anxiety and senseless worry. Taking that first big step is the hardest, after which the next step is a bit easier. A new way may be unfamiliar but I trust the grace of my holy … Continue reading

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Joys of the Season

Green cyprus boughs in a simple gold pot. Stiff holly branches heavy with red berries. A few sprigs of graceful pine, cones open from shedding their seeds. Majestic magnolia and boxwood. Decorations found in nature…priceless. ADVENT December 7, 2017

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Beyond Time

Earth time slips through our lives like silk rope or sands through an hourglass. God time is eternal, unfettered by emotion, unpunctuated by events, unending and yet unbeginning. Accept it with grace.  Let it flow through you. ADVENT December 6, … Continue reading

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A Journey of Grace

To travel back in time to memories lost in the shuffle is a journey of grace. Lazy days on the front porch. Scary memories of the smokehouse. Sunday drives going nowhere and back. I wish I could linger a while … Continue reading

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Living with Grace

One cannot truly live for very long in a state of wrath before darkness descends casting deep shadows and doubt. Kindness can last a whole lifetime spreading light and divine energy. By living with grace, one finds holy peace. ADVENT … Continue reading

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Unexpected Grace

Grace moments. Rare glimpses of a holy presence, arriving unannounced, inviting themselves in for a visit, staying for a cup of hot tea, filling your heart with a sense of calm, only to leave in the blink of an eye. … Continue reading

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Care for Creation

All creatures, great and small, plants, minerals, air, water, and fire belong in Creation incarnate from the same breath of our Creator’s abundance, surviving not as the fittest but on recognizing that we are all One.

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Evanescence

Pink cherry tree blossoms, masterpieces of the Creator, ephermeral beauties of Nature’s finest glory grace us with their fleeting presence vanishing before our very eyes promising a perennial return.

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The Advent of Spring

Grey rainy cold wetness soaking the ground chilling to the bone filling skies with thick clouds extinguishing the sunlight yet nourishing the earth’s great thirst preparing rich soil and cleansing air beckoning the return of the Son’s warmth.

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Cleansing Breath

The new year begins…a chance to wipe clean a slate so clouded with regrets that the words are no longer visible. Do not start a new list just yet. Let the mystery in the moment cleanse the past and reveal … Continue reading

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