by Prasanta | Dec 7, 2015 | Advent, Uncategorized, Waiting
A star burned one night, leading wise men from the East. It led those people who were accustomed to seeking. People accustomed to the night sky. People accustomed to wondering. People accustomed to looking upward toward the heavens. God sent a message about a...
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 | Oct 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
1 The Lord is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life— of whom shall I be afraid? … 4 One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my...
by Prasanta | Oct 3, 2015 | Uncategorized
The leaves fall, fall as from far Like distant gardens withered in the heavens; They fall with slow and lingering descent. And in the nights the heavy Earth, too, falls From out the stars into the Solitude. Thus all doth fall. This hand of...
by Prasanta | Jul 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
Switching Adjust boom windward As storm approaches— Gales and waves toss us Like a child’s toy boat at bath time Can you see the storm approaching? Jibe, tack, plant cautious feet Don’t play around like a child at bath time Mind the mature and callous sea The...
by Prasanta | Jun 29, 2015 | Uncategorized
“Kardiognostes” – knower of the heart (kardia- heart, gnostes – to know/ known) One of my favorites verses: But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not look at his appearance or at his physical stature, because I have refused him. For the Lord does...
by Prasanta | Apr 28, 2015 | Uncategorized
I need this reminder~ I need to know this promise~ The Lord is near to those who have a broken heart, and saves such as have a contrite spirit. ~Psalm 34:18
