Thursday, December 31, 2009
a neat article about blue moons
http://correspondents.theatlantic.com/cristine_russell/2009/12/once_in_a_new_years_eve_blue_moon.php
enjoy a new year's eve candlelight labyrinth walk
Join us tonight for a lovely outdoor labyrinth walk from 8-10pm immediately following Holy Eucharist and the Wedding Vow Reaffirmation Ceremony at 7pm. There will be a beautiful and rare Blue Moon to accompany us.....
http://www.goodsheponline.com/
Peace for your Path and for your New Year
http://www.goodsheponline.com/
Peace for your Path and for your New Year
Friday, December 18, 2009
the gift of song
Before our labyrinth walk yesterday, we enjoyed a lovely sing-a-long to the Old English Carol, "The Friendly Beasts." http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/f/r/friendbe.htm . Father Bob was kind enough to learn the tune on his guitar for me (in five minutes no less!) so that the excited group of first graders could have a surprise gift on a very, rainy day. Father Scott joined us along with Mac, Father Bob's Golden Retriever (no stranger to visitors of this blog).
The Friendly Beasts
Jesus, our Brother, strong and good,
Was humbly born in a stable rude,
And the friendly beasts around Him stood,
Jesus, our Brother, strong and good.
“I,” said the donkey, shaggy and brown,
“I carried His mother uphill and down,
I carried His mother to Bethlehem town;
I,” said the donkey, shaggy and brown.
“I,” said the cow, all white and red,
“I gave Him my manger for His bed,
I gave Him hay to pillow His head;
I,” said the cow, all white and red.
“I,” said the sheep with curly horn,
“I gave Him my wool for His blanket warm,
He wore my coat on Christmas morn;
I,” said the sheep with curly horn.
“I,” said the dove, from the rafters high,
“I cooed Him to sleep that He should not cry,
We cooed Him to sleep, my mate and I;
I,” said the dove, from the rafters high.
Thus all the beasts, by some good spell,
In the stable dark were glad to tell
Of the gifts they gave Emmanuel,
The gifts they gave Emmanuel.
After the song and a lovely prayer, the rain let up so that we were finally all able to walk the labyrinth together. The students had carefully colored labyrinth ornaments they had made with their teacher. Each child listed their special gifts to baby Jesus on the back of the ornament. Sixteen pairs of precious feet walked into the Center one-by-one to hang the ornaments with yarn ties on the awaiting Christmas tree. Afterward, they gathered once again for a brief prayer, candy canes and the picture you see here with their treasured teacher, Mrs. M.
And I am still smiling.....I may never stop!
The Friendly Beasts
Jesus, our Brother, strong and good,
Was humbly born in a stable rude,
And the friendly beasts around Him stood,
Jesus, our Brother, strong and good.
“I,” said the donkey, shaggy and brown,
“I carried His mother uphill and down,
I carried His mother to Bethlehem town;
I,” said the donkey, shaggy and brown.
“I,” said the cow, all white and red,
“I gave Him my manger for His bed,
I gave Him hay to pillow His head;
I,” said the cow, all white and red.
“I,” said the sheep with curly horn,
“I gave Him my wool for His blanket warm,
He wore my coat on Christmas morn;
I,” said the sheep with curly horn.
“I,” said the dove, from the rafters high,
“I cooed Him to sleep that He should not cry,
We cooed Him to sleep, my mate and I;
I,” said the dove, from the rafters high.
Thus all the beasts, by some good spell,
In the stable dark were glad to tell
Of the gifts they gave Emmanuel,
The gifts they gave Emmanuel.
After the song and a lovely prayer, the rain let up so that we were finally all able to walk the labyrinth together. The students had carefully colored labyrinth ornaments they had made with their teacher. Each child listed their special gifts to baby Jesus on the back of the ornament. Sixteen pairs of precious feet walked into the Center one-by-one to hang the ornaments with yarn ties on the awaiting Christmas tree. Afterward, they gathered once again for a brief prayer, candy canes and the picture you see here with their treasured teacher, Mrs. M.
And I am still smiling.....I may never stop!
Thursday, December 17, 2009
join me at the Good Shepherd labyrinth
Drop by anytime TODAY between 10am-12pm for a special Advent walk.
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Monday, December 14, 2009
the newest edition of THE SPIRIT OF VERIDITAS, VOICES FROM THE LABYRINTH is now on-line!
I am learning just how much work goes into learning to become an editor! I was blessed to work on this issue with an absolutely incredible and creative Team.
Here is the link to our latest edition entitled "Incorporating Labyrinths - Facilitators Help Businesses Embrace the Path" which was just posted on the Veriditas website a few hours ago:
http://www.veriditas.org/newsletters/archive/labjour_fall_09.pdf
Please share this publication with others to help us spread the message of the labyrinth.....
Peace for your Path!
Robin
Here is the link to our latest edition entitled "Incorporating Labyrinths - Facilitators Help Businesses Embrace the Path" which was just posted on the Veriditas website a few hours ago:
http://www.veriditas.org/newsletters/archive/labjour_fall_09.pdf
Please share this publication with others to help us spread the message of the labyrinth.....
Peace for your Path!
Robin
Friday, December 4, 2009
enjoy the December issue of Tidings from the Church of the Good Shepherd
http://goodsheponline.com/TidingsDec2009.pdf
Exciting labyrinth events are listed on page three. It is such a pleasure to contribute to Tidings each month!
Exciting labyrinth events are listed on page three. It is such a pleasure to contribute to Tidings each month!
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
solitude day
Join me at The First Presbyterian Church of North Palm Beach this coming Saturday, December 5th, for a special Solitude Day. I will be there in the chapel with my labyrinth for walkers to experience from 9am to 12pm. Other spiritual activities and tools will also be available for participants to try in addition to the labyrinth.
Visit www.firstpresnpb.org for more information.
Visit www.firstpresnpb.org for more information.
Saturday, November 28, 2009
thank you for this reminder....
its most loving Gardener) just sent me this picture she took in
Ireland. Such a beautiful reminder of the purpose of the Path. Thank
you, Marcia!
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Welcome to the Labyrinth
Check out this SlideShare Presentation:
Welcome to the Labyrinth
View more presentations from LabyrinthWellness.
Wednesday, November 18, 2009
labyrinth walk tomorrow at Good Shepherd!
Drop by anytime between 10 am and 12pm. See you on the Path!
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Saturday, November 14, 2009
from one of my favorite books.....
"The transfiguration of anger is a movement from rage to outrage. Rage implies an internalized emotion, a tempest within. Rage, or what might be called untransfigured anger, can become a calcified bitterness. What rage wants and needs is to move outward toward positive social purpose, to become a creative force or energy that changes the conditions that created it. It needs to become out-rage.
Outrage is love's wild and unacknowledged sister. She is the one who recognizes feminine injury, stands on the roof, and announces it if she has to, then jumps into the fray to change it. She is the one grappling with her life, reconfiguring it, struggling to find liberating ways of relating. She is the one who never bores God or Goddess."
- Sue Monk Kidd
from The Dance of the Dissident Daughter: A Woman's Journey from Christian Tradition to the Sacred Feminine
Monday, November 9, 2009
seeking the symmetry of the soul: a reflection on an amazing week
I hope you have enjoyed viewing my numerous photos (33 and still counting) posted here on my blog of my trip to my hometown of Louisville, Kentucky the week before last. I had the incredible opportunity of attending SEEKING THE SYMMETRY OF THE SOUL: BIENNIAL LABYRINTH CONFERENCE October 26-30th at the Louisville Seminary. It was truly an amazing week.....
Our first three days consisted of intense lecture and hands-on learning exercises with Robert Ferre of Labyrinth Enterprises. Robert is one of the best known and most respected labyrinth builders in the world. His "Labyrinth Making MASTER CLASS" was very intense as we studied in-depth about sacred geometry and labyrinth history and construction techniques.
The final two days we had the pleasure (and physical challenge!) of actually BUILDING a permanent labyrinth. This building project was a joint effort of three well-known, very highly respected Louisville establishments: The Louisville Presbyterian Seminary, Sullivan University and Historic Farmington. Long hours of planning and intense work went into this team endeavor long before any of us took our first measurements or laid our first brick.
Though I had to leave to catch my flight back here to Florida a couple of hours before our labyrinth was completed, I thoroughly cherished every moment of the construction process. I loved taking measurements, lugging sand, troweling trenches, carrying bricks and placing them in place to make our brick and grass path.
I am sure I left part of my soul in the soil....and I know I am a better person for it.
Special thanks to David Sawyer of Louisville Seminary, Renee Rust-Yarmuth of Sullivan University and Robert Ferre of Labyrinth Enterprises. Thanks to the staff of Farmington as well....Thanks, too, to all my new labyrinth friends around the world. I will always remember our fellowship.
My trip could not have been possible without the love and unending support of my husband, Scott, and the prayers of our son, Dylan, who kept things going here at home during my five nights away (and met me at the airport with flowers - thanks, Loves!). Ann, Steve, Jake, Davis and Matthew, thanks for your hospitality and for all your love, too. Virginia, you are the BEST!!! Lisa and Maddie, I loved seeing you guys, too. Ann Mary, what would I do without you? I treasure you all....
Our first three days consisted of intense lecture and hands-on learning exercises with Robert Ferre of Labyrinth Enterprises. Robert is one of the best known and most respected labyrinth builders in the world. His "Labyrinth Making MASTER CLASS" was very intense as we studied in-depth about sacred geometry and labyrinth history and construction techniques.
The final two days we had the pleasure (and physical challenge!) of actually BUILDING a permanent labyrinth. This building project was a joint effort of three well-known, very highly respected Louisville establishments: The Louisville Presbyterian Seminary, Sullivan University and Historic Farmington. Long hours of planning and intense work went into this team endeavor long before any of us took our first measurements or laid our first brick.
Though I had to leave to catch my flight back here to Florida a couple of hours before our labyrinth was completed, I thoroughly cherished every moment of the construction process. I loved taking measurements, lugging sand, troweling trenches, carrying bricks and placing them in place to make our brick and grass path.
I am sure I left part of my soul in the soil....and I know I am a better person for it.
Special thanks to David Sawyer of Louisville Seminary, Renee Rust-Yarmuth of Sullivan University and Robert Ferre of Labyrinth Enterprises. Thanks to the staff of Farmington as well....Thanks, too, to all my new labyrinth friends around the world. I will always remember our fellowship.
My trip could not have been possible without the love and unending support of my husband, Scott, and the prayers of our son, Dylan, who kept things going here at home during my five nights away (and met me at the airport with flowers - thanks, Loves!). Ann, Steve, Jake, Davis and Matthew, thanks for your hospitality and for all your love, too. Virginia, you are the BEST!!! Lisa and Maddie, I loved seeing you guys, too. Ann Mary, what would I do without you? I treasure you all....
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