Posts Tagged ‘declaration’

One Wild and Precious Life

December 26th, 2011    -    No Comments

Although a summer’s day seems far away, I thought that ending 2011 with an inquery from Mary Oliver, would be a great way to complete all there is to complete and provide an opening to create 2012. “Tell us, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?”   TheRead the Rest…


Create Something Big For Yourself

June 8th, 2011    -    No Comments

Talking is an action that we all do. When we talk we share feelings, stories, thoughts, ideas, inside jokes, and at times, regretfully our words will be used for hurting the people we love, like in the cases of talking about the mistakes of co-workers, the bad management of our jobs, or gossiping about others.Read the Rest…


Corporate Tithing: Step 1, Inquiry and Calculating the Truth

March 7th, 2011    -    1 Comment

At church last week, our guest minister preached about generosity. He spoke of his practice of tithing (to offer one tenth part as an offering). He and his wife give 10% of their gross earnings as gifts each year. 5% to their church and %5 to organizations that do work in the world that speakRead the Rest…


Resolutions? An Inquiry

January 3rd, 2011    -    No Comments

It is that time of year. I have heard folks refer to it as a time for new beginnings, a fresh start, a clean slate or starting over. If you are connected in any way to media then you have heard it is the perfect time to buy a car, join a gym, take aRead the Rest…


A Return to Blogging – A completion Story

November 29th, 2010    -    No Comments

I just finished the first round of edits of our latest forthcoming publication. It is our next booklet tentatively titled A Journey Continued. It is the compilation of many of our blogs from this year. As I read the manuscript I was surprised by the quantity of all we have written. The blog writings wereRead the Rest…


Gardening, an experiment in sufficiency

August 24th, 2010    -    No Comments

I reconnected to Jennifer Jewell of http://www.jewellgarden.com/ in July. She is a garden writer and photographer, her pictures are stunning. In talking to her about sufficiency, gardening and what is enough, it struck me at all three of us at Seven Stones have gardens. Shea being the most avid at this moment, Jen getting herRead the Rest…


the numbers

May 10th, 2010    -    No Comments

I have one-third of the year laid out before me in my pocket diary. I notice that all I see ugliness and scarcity; I didn’t walk enough, I didn’t run at all. I stop and look again. Let me focus on the numbers. It is all right there. I have tracked and measured. I tookRead the Rest…


Declaration, Sufficiency and a Wedding Ring

March 1st, 2010    -    1 Comment

I got married 17 years 2 months and 3 days ago today. If you had been there you would not have seen anything unusual from a typical American wedding: a church, officiants, a white dress, tuxedoes, brides maids followed by a great party if I do say so myself. On that day we also exchangedRead the Rest…


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