Today I visited St. Mary Magdalene Episcopal Church in Boulder for both the 8:15 and 10:00 a.m. services. I went to announce the start up of a new Listening to… group there and to talk about what topic might be of most interest to the folks in the congregation. The list of possibilities includes (but [...]
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Blizzard warnings and it’s snowing like crazy. The CU-Boulder campus is closed. St. Aidan’s is closed.
And the first Listening to Uncertainty group meeting is canceled.
We will try again next Thursday, 2 April at 2 p.m. Let me know if you plan to attend.
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This is the first of two birds in a twenty-four hour period to crash into our deck. What’s going on all of a sudden? Both eventually flew off of the their own accord…thankfully.
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As I listen to myself and to others these days, I am hearing uncertainty. People use words like tense or nervous or afraid to describe how they are feeling about changes in their way of life due to the economy, health issues, work, or family dynamics. We all like control and predictability in life; our [...]
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When I left the house today to walk, I was in a huff. Throughout the day, I made several careless errors on documents that I sent out to others and when I considered them as a group, I was feeling pretty bad about myself. How could I have made those mistakes? (One of them I [...]
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At dawn every morning this week I have heard an owl just outside our home. I’m wondering why suddenly he (or she?) is hooting; is this a seasonal owl behavior? Never lasting very long, the song is distinctive. I wish I knew what the bird looked like too. Is it a Great Horned Owl? I [...]
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