Poems of longing and attachment from this side of the JOURNEY, with an eye toward the Other-Side. All of the poems here were written by N. Thomas Johnson-Medland, CSJ, OSL. Feel free to use them as you wish, just credit the author and send me a copy.

Mother smuggled children out of the Nazi ghettos in trashcans. Once outside the walls, the trash-men set the children free. She also forged baptismal certificates for persecuted Jews - helping them to escape Germany. She was killed in Ravensbruck Camp for her deeds of kindness. Columbia University Libraries Special Collection link. They were 714 feet above sea level.

The Subtle Tastes in Chai and Breakfast Sandwiches. As I was cooking some breakfast for my sons this morning - a sacramental rite for me - I was paying attention to the levels of taste in the foods. There would be some simple alterations to taste that I could make by one or two deviations from practice. Today I have a good head start on the gang coming over so I am sauteing some.

This blog is a discussion of the practices and disciplines that make up the arena of Spiritual Direction Spiritual Formation. The Water Flushed The Praying Mantises Up and Out. This post is from my book Cairn-Space and for my friend Susan who carried a pod to her garden and watched them hatch one fine day. Could I still myself enough to become observant and watch what would arise from my heart as I watered it? Could I become still enoug.

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