Thanksgiving Memories
With Thanksgiving just two sleeps away, I have been thinking about food. I’m thinking about the wonderful turkeys my mother used to make. She was a wonderful cook, but often […]
Entries by Amanda Hackett
Daily Meditation for November 21, 2023
The stop sign halted my vehicle. I shifted my attention from talking and focusing on the road to five sandhill cranes to my right. Their gait moved them graciously up […]
Daily Meditation for November 20, 2023
Pope Francis recently stated that that the earth is our sibling. Thus each animal and plant can claim our relationship and we can claim theirs. Focusing on trees as our […]
Daily Meditation for November 17, 2023
Meister Eckhart, a 14th-century theologian and mystic, wrote, “What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action.” A motto held by Benedictines expresses […]
Daily Meditation for November 16, 2023
And now they are all gone. Since early spring, abundant leaves flourished on the trees around us. Then autumn came, we gloried in the splendent yellow, red and orange array […]
Daily Meditation for November 15, 2023
You shall love the Lord your God with your whole soul, mind and heart and love your neighbor as yourself. These are the two great commandments! How do we keep […]
The Wisdom of An Elder
I was visiting with Sister Josiah, 86 years old, who for many years had collected herbs—chamomile, aloe, comfrey, valerian, echinacea—to remedy sisters’ physical complaints. At one point in our conversation, […]
Daily Meditation for November 14, 2023
In Matthew’s Gospel (21:10–27), we have a classic case, seen often in our day as who helps with the parish projects. Jesus gives the example of a father who has […]
Daily Meditation for November 13, 2023
During the month of November, we honor all military veterans on November 11. It is also celebrated as Armistice Day or Remembrance Day in other parts of the world, as […]
Daily Meditation for Friday, November 10
Today is Martin Luther’s birthday, a church reformer during his lifetime. Here are some facts about Martin Luther that we can appreciate. He was a German priest, theologian, author, hymn […]
