Earth Touchings 2

Earth Touchings 2

In gratitude I bow to all generations of ancestors in my spiritual family!

We have all had teachers

Some when we were young

Some when we were older

Not all of my teachers would agree with each other

Some would downright disagree!

But they were all people with open hearts

And loving souls

And a passion for the sacred

And they were all people who transformed me

Today in gratitude I bow to Pansy Lewis

Receptionist

Sunday School teacher

The woman who taught me to make Palestinian villages out of salt dough

but who also instilled in me a deep respect for God

Today In gratitude I bow to Steve Hayner

President of Columbia Theological Seminary

And suffering from cancer

But when I knew him, a laughing delightful lover of God

Who taught me there was way more to being connected to the sacred than I believed

Today in gratitude I bow to George Hendry

Who in his last year at Princeton Seminary taught me about humility and kindness

Today in gratitude I bow to Donna Fuhrman who taught me

that those who speak loudest for God have really big hearts

and arms that enclose everyone

Today in gratitude I bow to the members of the Lostine Presbyterian Church

who love God, love each other, serve their community, feed the hungry, clothe the naked

and love the outcasts

today I bow in gratitude to those who have transformed the suffering in myself and the world

and are passing on their awakened states to those around them.

Today as I took my morning walk

I had lots of very good company as me feet touched the earth