by Prasanta | Oct 23, 2017 | Art, Beauty, Becoming Whole, Brokenness, Children, Growth, Healing, Journey, Story
“Are you thinking with me / Of the moon at the mountain’s edge?”- Izumi Shikibu (Japanese poet) Someone posted this beautiful painting on Twitter the other day, and it reminded me of this post I had begun writing a few weeks ago. * Recently, I...
by Prasanta | Aug 30, 2017 | Becoming Whole, Books, Faith, Hope, Jesus
“Goodbye is a necessary life skill.” – from Beth Moore’s book, Get Out of That Pit Indeed. In our lives we have circumstances in which saying a goodbye could be difficult and painful. And then, there are also those awkward kinds of...
by Prasanta | Dec 8, 2014 | Beauty, Becoming Whole, Purpose
“I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.” ~Michelangelo He comes in with tools of various kinds. The tools don’t look like the usual types, but they do a similar sort of work as a carpenter or sculptor. Work begins on...
by Prasanta | Feb 24, 2012 | Beauty, Becoming Whole, Five Minute Friday, Purpose
He comes in with tools of various kinds. The tools don’t look like the usual types, but they do a similar sort of work as a carpenter or sculptor. Work begins on the project. Parts are cut off, sections are chiseled. Gradually, a form begins to take shape. If...
by Prasanta | Aug 5, 2011 | Becoming Whole, Five Minute Friday, God's love, Hope, Jesus
My youngest is learning about fractions. For example: If you divide a circle into four equal parts, and shade one of those parts, then what fraction of the circle is shaded? Answer: 1/4 It got me thinking, though, about people, and how all of us are like fractions,...
