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Spring RitualsRecently while Greg and I were working in the garden, prepping for spring, he mentioned that maybe yard work could be our Sunday activity. A little church time of our own making. I could not love that idea more. There is something meditative and satisfying about nurturing life. Feeling connected to the cycles of the season, encouraging bloom and growth. It's a communion all its own. I believe we can create our own rituals that edify us spiritually. We don't need "official" sources. Do what makes you bloom.Here's a poem I love. Catechism for a Witch's Child When they ask to see your gods your book of prayers show them lines drawn delicately with veins on the underside of a bird's wing tell them you believe in giant sycamores mottled and stark against a winter sky and in nights so frozen stars crack open spilling streams of molten ice to earth and tell them how you drink a holy wine of honeysuckle on a warm spring day and of the softness of your mother who never taught you death was life's reward but who believed in the earth and the sun and a million, million light years of being © 1986 J.L.Stanley ![]() Last modified: 2019-02-18 05:47:55
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Name: Heretic Homemaker (358 weeks, 3 days ago)
What a lovely poem. And BTW, if you run out of worship space
in your yard, feel free to come and use mine. It is
desperate for attention. ;)
Name: Katrina (358 weeks, 3 days ago)
redheadmusings.blogspot.com
Love the poem.
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