I've lived here at the community with Marsha, my wife, since its founding in 2003. I serve in various ways from pastoral care to landscape maintenance; from coffee brewing to bar keeping.

Author Archives: David Morrison

Lectio Divina

Dorian and David discuss a common sense approach to Scripture as well as encountering the “divine whisper of the Living Word.”

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The Sacred Cycle

Dorian and David discuss the beauty of the sacred year and how we can have our lives incorporated into it.

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Holiday Edition

Dorian Mason and David Morrison discuss depression and demonstrating empathy toward those who are in suffering while everyone around them is in holiday mode.

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The Heart of the Matter

Listen to Dorian Mason and David Morrison discuss his hospital adventure during the pandemic. How do we move through the nearness of our own mortality, fear, and deep uncertainty?

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Fourth Week of Advent 2020

“…Love cannot and will never calculate losses and profits, or any pragmatic transaction. Love is far beyond commerce and rationality.   It is a magnifying lens over the heart (as Mary proclaims: ‘My heart magnifies the Lord’) through which other hearts are caught on fire when we consent to the incarnation of Christ through our own lives.”

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People Get Ready-The Blind Boys of Alabama

The Blind Boys of Alabama, from their 2002 album, “Higher Ground.” 

 

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Desert Rain Community Radio: Celtic Spirituality (2)

Dorian Mason and David Morrison discuss ancient Irish Christianity and its influence on the formation of Desert Rain Community.

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Third Week of Advent 2020

“When you come face to face with all that’s unknown and unseen; instead of making a stand against it (out of fear); may you find the grace to fall furiously into faith, hope, and love…”

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Blessing for Night Fall
-by David Morrison

On that day when you feel yourself lost;
and night is falling fast and frigid:
May you lose yourself in God;
and may God be found in you.

Nightfall with Crescent Moon at Mile 7 (David Morrison, 2020)

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