Cameron these meditations are what is keeping me going. My act is to go from free to being a paid subscriber. You earn that every day!!! Thank you for keeping me sane. The stories you tell are so life giving for me like the trees.
I am happy to say that Wangari Maathai and I were both proud graduates of Mt St Scholastica College in Atchison, KS. ( now Benedictine College).
The Benedictine Sisters there were dedicated to preparing young women to go out and engage with their world. The back story of the Sisters themselves, coming to the U.S. in the 19th c. to educate immigrants, is undoubtedly the root source of the creativity and steadfastness they passed on to their students.Their cemetery is filled with the twenty- year old Sisters who died from tuberculosis in the early tough years. Yet, they persisted; putting flesh onto the values of Listening, Stability and persistence in community life which are at the heart of the Rule of St. Benedict.
Maathai learned well. She listened, she persisted, she suffered, she stayed. She was one of the Mounts most public and revered alumna.
May the memory of her remarkable life, which you have resurrected for us today, be a tribute to the Sisters who taught her and a hopeful call to action for the rest of us.
Thank you so much for this beautiful and empowering reflection.
I was trained on my grandparents' farm to plant. I plant three things that will outlast me.
I plant in the awe of Psalm 24, verses 1 and 2. I leave plants and trees behind every time we move that will last prayerfully many years.
I plant in the Hebrew tradition of asking questions. When we read, Matthew 6 and I am supposed to have had 'daily bread' and haven't eaten for 3.5 days, what does this mean?
I plant by praying daily for strength to face ruptures. I am part of a rupture that sees people in places not imagined. A Mennonite is running our CLWR (Canadian Lutheran World Relief) here.
I stand as a Lutheran in a United Church pulpit every Sunday. God is up to so many things. It is the smaller, steadfast witness that we give that will long outlast us.
One tangible act: ordered her book 'Replenishing the Earth' and will read that. Thank you. Have a picture book about her and have given those away. Thanks for the positive, concrete impetus.
Indeed - yes, a call to action wherever we can 'act' and regardless of our age and energy. we cannot just 'sit there' as our children and grandchildren need us to start the ball rolling. Have faith and read this medication over and over and then go out and do what you can - today!!
Cameron these meditations are what is keeping me going. My act is to go from free to being a paid subscriber. You earn that every day!!! Thank you for keeping me sane. The stories you tell are so life giving for me like the trees.
I am happy to say that Wangari Maathai and I were both proud graduates of Mt St Scholastica College in Atchison, KS. ( now Benedictine College).
The Benedictine Sisters there were dedicated to preparing young women to go out and engage with their world. The back story of the Sisters themselves, coming to the U.S. in the 19th c. to educate immigrants, is undoubtedly the root source of the creativity and steadfastness they passed on to their students.Their cemetery is filled with the twenty- year old Sisters who died from tuberculosis in the early tough years. Yet, they persisted; putting flesh onto the values of Listening, Stability and persistence in community life which are at the heart of the Rule of St. Benedict.
Maathai learned well. She listened, she persisted, she suffered, she stayed. She was one of the Mounts most public and revered alumna.
May the memory of her remarkable life, which you have resurrected for us today, be a tribute to the Sisters who taught her and a hopeful call to action for the rest of us.
Thank you so much for this beautiful and empowering reflection.
Just the post I needed this morning. Thanks
Thank you for this reflection. We started a Tree Keepers program with our local community organization, Openlands.
This will help me to keep working and to try to reach folks and talk about the value of trees.
We are losing our heritage trees to new, enormous houses.
Hoping to at least get all our parkways planted.
I was trained on my grandparents' farm to plant. I plant three things that will outlast me.
I plant in the awe of Psalm 24, verses 1 and 2. I leave plants and trees behind every time we move that will last prayerfully many years.
I plant in the Hebrew tradition of asking questions. When we read, Matthew 6 and I am supposed to have had 'daily bread' and haven't eaten for 3.5 days, what does this mean?
I plant by praying daily for strength to face ruptures. I am part of a rupture that sees people in places not imagined. A Mennonite is running our CLWR (Canadian Lutheran World Relief) here.
I stand as a Lutheran in a United Church pulpit every Sunday. God is up to so many things. It is the smaller, steadfast witness that we give that will long outlast us.
Rev. Scott Brown, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
One tangible act: ordered her book 'Replenishing the Earth' and will read that. Thank you. Have a picture book about her and have given those away. Thanks for the positive, concrete impetus.
Indeed - yes, a call to action wherever we can 'act' and regardless of our age and energy. we cannot just 'sit there' as our children and grandchildren need us to start the ball rolling. Have faith and read this medication over and over and then go out and do what you can - today!!
Amen to all of this!🥰🙏🏻
What we-world needs now:
“repeated acts... over time.”
Beyond a lifetime.
...
Life restoration,
life nourishment, life support.
“What is possible.”