Happy Mother's Day

Something of God

comes into our world

with every child that is born.

There is here with the newborn child

a divine spark, a light within . . .

~ Rufus Jones

Peace

Between Christmas and New Year by Carl Larsson

. . . whatsoever things are true,

whatsoever things are honest,

whatsoever things are just,

whatsoever things are pure,

whatsoever things are lovely,

whatsoever things are of good report;

if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise,

think on these things.

. . . and the God of peace will be with you.

~ Philippians 4:8 . . . 9 

   



Gracious Living


Truly gracious living is a by-product of gracious thinking and doing, and in material things is expressed in "what is simple and beautiful".  And true simplicity is not the rejection of beauty in our surroundings, but the refusal to allow concern for things to clutter our minds . . .
~ Edgar B. Castle, 1961

A New Year

Anna S by Carl Larsson

Make it your ambition and endeavor to live quietly and peacefully, to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands . . .

~ 1 Thessalonians 4:11

Kindness

Kindness is like snow - it beautifies everything it covers.

~ Author Unknown

Faith at Home

Getting Ready for a Game by Carl Larsson

I was not "christened" in a church, but I was sprinkled from morning to night with the dew of religion.  We never ate a meal together which did not begin with a hush of Thanksgiving; we never began a day without a "family gathering", at which my mother read a chapter of the Bible, after which there would follow a weighty silence . . . My first steps in religion were thus acted.  It was a religion we did together.  Almost nothing was said in the way of instructing me.  We all joined together to listen for God and then one of us talked to God for the others.  In these simple ways my religious disposition was being unconsciously formed . . .

~ Rufus Jones, 1926