Church of Our Saviour, Mission Farm ~ Sherburne / Killington, Vermont ~ Throwback Thursday
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19 November 2020
28 September 2017
Rock Point, Burlington, Vermont ~ #HolySpaceThursdays
Rock Point, Burlington, Vermont ~ #HolySpaceThursdays
For this "HolySpaceThursday" I want to give a nod to Rock Point, and Rock Point Summer Conferences from back in my youth and young adulthood, which taught me first-hand what it meant to be a holy place, and a holy space. If the celts are right, and if there are "thin places" in this world between the everyday and the divine, between the human and the godly, and between earth and heaven, surely Rock Point is one of those places. The people, the program, and the place of Rock Point all taught me the tangible love of God, and of the importance of prayer, of the Eucharist, and of building a beloved community.
~Peter+
Rumi's The Guest House
The Guest House
This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they're a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.
Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.
This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival.
A joy, a depression, a meanness,
some momentary awareness comes
as an unexpected visitor.
Welcome and entertain them all!
Even if they're a crowd of sorrows,
who violently sweep your house
empty of its furniture,
still, treat each guest honorably.
He may be clearing you out
for some new delight.
The dark thought, the shame, the malice,
meet them at the door laughing,
and invite them in.
Be grateful for whoever comes,
because each has been sent
as a guide from beyond.
~ Rumi ~
(The Essential Rumi, version by Coleman Barks)
21 September 2017
HolySpaceThursday ~ Bishop's Ranch, Healdsburg, California
For this "ThrowBackThursday," also known as "HolySpaceThursdays" I remember and recognize the wonderful Bishop's Ranch, an Episcopal Retreat Center in Sonoma County, California. The image above is a panorama photo I took while journalling at Bishop's Ranch while I was at a CREDO Conference. The beauty of the place is amazingly overwhelming, and my iphone photo only barely captures a glimpse of that beauty.
Check out this amazing place at their website: http://www.bishopsranch.org/
~Peter
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