The good life is more than a yearning for the good

"The good life is more than a yearning for the good, the beautiful, the true. It includes decision, will, determination, and effort, individually and collectively, to be clear regarding the theory as well as successful in practice...aiming at the integration of thought, the word and deed which is the expression of wisdom and the basis of serenity and inner peace."

-Scott Nearing, Man’s Search for the Good Life

Reflections on scarcity, abundance and faith

Bishop Mark Beckwith of the Episcopal Diocese of Newark has a nice reflection on abundance and scarcity...words we need to hear ...

Scarcity, Abundance, and Faith
The scarcity is real. But so is the abundance. You just have to dig down a bit harder to find it; and a bit further to trust it. Jesus was no stranger to scarcity. In the economic system of his day, Jesus and his fellow Jews were no more than sharecroppers to Roman overlords. They had few rights, and fewer freedoms. Talk about scarcity. 

And yet Jesus preached abundance. Over and over again. About mustard seeds, pearls of great price and demonstrating how a few table scraps can feed 5,000 people. He was not a first century Pollyanna, nor was he offering some sort of economic panacea. He was pointing people to another, more abundant reality than the scarce circumstances that surrounded them. It required -- and requires, faith to see the abundance. 

Read more HERE 

Every blessing in abundance

And God is able to provide you with every blessing in abundance, so that by always having enough of everything, you may share abundantly in every good work 
~2 Corinthians 9:8

This curious world

On this beautiful day in the middle of summer, I loved thought this quote from Thoreau"

‎"This curious world we inhabit…is more wonderful than convenient; more beautiful than useful; it is more to be admired and enjoyed than used."-Henry David Thoreau

Glorious views from a recent run

I was recently up in Vermont and had the chance to go on a few runs, a good hike and some bike rides.  Here are some glorious views from one of those recent runs.

Hoping blessings and joy to all today!

~The Rev. Peter M. Carey