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Sometimes nature weaves a tangled web.

Praying with Our Hands

Many traditions teach that the body mediates the spirit.  Hands, in particular, can express invitation, rejection, consolation, disdain; hands can send a curse or a blessing.  In our hands, prayer and intention become visible.

Author Jon Sweeney is one of the presenters at the Casagrande Interfaith Institute at Wisdom House

on October 28-30, 2011.  The theme of the Institute is "Prayer" in the Christian, Jewish, and Muslim traditions. Visit The Wisdom House Program Calendar for Interfaith Institute information.

An interview on Jon Sweeney's book, "Praying with Our Hands" was recorded in Hartford for WRCH 100.5 FM radio.  

Nature's Necklace

On an early fall morning at Wisdom House, nature sports a most delicate necklace.

It's Still Early Enough to Remember

September Meditation

I do not know if the seasons remember their history or if the days and nights by which we count time remember their own passing.

I do not know if the oak tree remembers its planting or if the pine remembers its slow climb toward sun and stars.

I do not know if the squirrel remembers last fall's gathering or if the Blue jay remembers the meaning of snow.

I do not know if the air remembers September or if the night remembers the moon.

I do not know if the earth remembers the flowers from last spring or if the evergreen remembers that it shall stay so.

Perhaps that is the reason for our births -- to be the memory for creation.

Perhaps salvation is something very different than anyone ever expected.

Perhaps this will be the only question we will have to answer:

"What can you tell me about September?"

~ Burton D. Carley ~

(1997 UUMA Worship Materials Collection; contributed by Bob Freund)

Wisdom Award Recipients for 2011 are Gregory and Catherine Oneglia and Roderic Oneglia of Litchfield

Litchfield Resident Catherine Oneglia wins Wisdom Award.  Watch here.