I've lived here at the community with Marsha, my wife, since its founding in 2003. I serve in various ways from pastoral care to landscape maintenance; from coffee brewing to bar keeping.

Author Archives: David Morrison

A Prayer for Enfolding and Emitting

Holy Spirit, enfold me into yourself

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“Mourning makes us poor; it powerfully reminds us of our smallness. But it is precisely here, in that pain or poverty or awkwardness, that the Dancer invites us to rise up and take the first steps. For in our suffering, not apart from it, Jesus enters our sadness, takes us by the hand, pulls us gently up to stand, and invites us to dance…”

-Henri Nouwen,
from Turn my Mourning into Dancing: Finding Hope in Hard Times

 

6-23-2016 8-39-02 AM

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Afternoon to Evening

In early summer, feel the turning of the long afternoon to evening. If you feel consolation, and then that slight urgency to hold on to it: rest knowing that nothing […]…

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Prayer for the Mourning

In the aftermath of the tragedy in Orlando, we offer our prayers and set our hearts to work for peace:

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Our hearts stand in solidarity with the community of Orlando and all the victims of violence and hate crimes.

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“The word paradise comes from the Persian, where it originally meant ‘wilderness,’ and there is no doubt a lesson there.”
-Kathleen Norris

6-11-2016 5-49-22 PM
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6-7-2016 6-19-06 PM

“It is quite possible to leave your home for a walk in the early morning air and return a different person–beguiled, enchanted.
-Mary Ellen Chase
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