by Prasanta | Nov 30, 2015 | Advent, Jesus, Uncategorized
Are you waiting for something, or someone, to arrive this Christmas? What are you most looking forward to this Christmas? Perhaps it is the arrival of a loved one, or time with family and friends. Perhaps you are waiting on a special gift. Perhaps you are looking...
by Prasanta | Nov 26, 2015 | Poetry, Thankfulness, Uncategorized
The Peace of Wild Things By Wendell Berry When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great...
by Prasanta | Nov 25, 2015 | Compassion, God's love, Hope, Uncategorized
I am at a loss for words, with acts of terror and crime and hatred and so much bad. Evil seeks to devour the good. A couple of days ago, I came across these words written by C. S. Lewis in The Great Divorce: “Here is joy that cannot be shaken. Our light...
by Prasanta | Nov 10, 2015 | Uncategorized
Usually on my walks, I am simply praying, thinking, talking to God, and listening. Because the fall has been mild, lately I’ve had the pleasure of observing a little bit of wildlife in the neighborhood. I’ve seen a heron near the shore of the river, on a...
by Prasanta | Nov 5, 2015 | Friendship, Journey
I’ve been walking by the river these days, while the temperature hovers between warmish and cool. I love watching the wind blow the leaves off the trees; the leaves are whisked in the water, landing softly, swirling their way with the slow-moving current. The...
