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Thomas
CLF Member, incarcerated in IN
On Pilgrimage
All religious traditions encourage pilgrimages. They ask the faithful to leave familiar surroundings and daily routine, to travel unencumbered on a journey that can reveal both wisdom and insight.
The Art of Walking
The art of Walking…sauntering: which word is beautifully derived “from idle people who roved about the country, in the Middle Ages, and asked charity, under pretense of going a la Sainte Terre,” to the Holy Land, till the children exclaimed, “There goes a Sainte Terrer,” a Saunterer, a Holy-Lander.
Prophesy from the Hopi Nation
You have been telling the people
That this is the eleventh hour.
Now, you must go and tell the people
That THIS is the hour,
And there are things to be considered.
Prodigal Songs
Because your story is forever changing, you must sing forever.
Because you are not who you were, and because you shall not be who you are now, you must sing forever.
Because your voice is like no other voice,
Because your voice and your voice and your voice and your voice and my voice comprise the uncompromising strength that is our voice,
And because with your singing, our singing is miles wider…
You must sing forever.
From Your Minister
It is possible that the next Buddha will not take the form of an individual. The next Buddha may take the form of a community—a community practicing understanding and loving kindness, a community practicing mindful living. This may be the most important thing we can do for the survival of the earth. —Thich Nhat Hanh, Buddhist teacher
REsources for Living
What comes to mind when you hear the word “quest”? Knights of the Round Table riding off in search of the Holy Grail? King Pellinore on his eternal search for the Questing Beast? An ongoing search for perfection, like my lifelong quest for the world’s best lemon bar?
Another Kind of Knowledge (Excerpt)
To surrender oneself willingly to truth,
to earn it,
in every sense, to allow
a voice to the great unbegotten
mystery and, beyond that,
to listen,
is asking for trouble.
Quest
October 2011
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”—Marcel Proust
Articles
On Pilgrimage
All religious traditions encourage pilgrimages. They ask the faithful to leave familiar surroundings and daily routine, to travel unencumbered on a journey that can reveal both wisdom and insight. Read more »
The Art of Walking
The art of Walking…sauntering: which word is beautifully derived “from idle people who roved about the country… Read more »
Prophesy from the Hopi Nation
You have been telling the people That this is the eleventh hour. Now, you must go and tell the people That THIS is the hour, And there are things to be considered. Read more »
Prodigal Songs
It was three and a half years ago when Unitarian Universalists changed my life. Read more »
From Your Minister
It is possible that the next Buddha will not take the form of an individual. The next Buddha may take the form of a community… Read more »
REsources for Living
What comes to mind when you hear the word “quest”? Knights of the Round Table riding off in search of the Holy Grail? King Pellinore on his eternal search for the Questing Beast? Read more »
Another Kind of Knowledge (Excerpt)
To surrender oneself willingly to truth, to earn it, in every sense, to allow a voice to the great unbegotten mystery and, beyond that, to listen, is asking for trouble. Read more »
Quest
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”—Marcel Proust Read more »
