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

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Desert Rain Community Radio: Celtic Christianity (1)

Listen to Dorian Mason and David Morrison discuss the influence of Irish Christianity and spirituality on the development of Desert Rain Community.

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Second Week of Advent 2020

“As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: Behold, I am sending my messenger ahead of you; he will prepare your way. A voice of one crying out in the desert: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths.'”

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“It is a serious thing
just to be alive on this
fresh morning
in this broken world.”
-Mary Oliver

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“There is something in me so bright and shining in itself that the darkness I fall into or make whether in despair or delight cannot thwart the flow of this inner light.”
-Meister Eckhart

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“In times of doubt I forget that You are not a God of thoughts, to be found in concepts or theories, but are the source of my life and the radiance that shines forth in all that is, and then I remember: mine is the work of learning to see You as the radiance that shines forth in all that is, even in the dark. Even in me.” -Meister Eckhart  
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John Lewis’s last admonition for Americans and all those who pursue life as The Beloved Community: “Together, You can Redeem the Soul of the Nation” by John Lewis

John Lewis, Beloved American (1940-2020)

“Democracy is not a state. It is an act, and each generation must do its part to help build what we called the Beloved Community, a nation and world society at peace with itself.”

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A Note from David Morrison

“I don’t have the power to grant my next breath, but what if my next breath came from a well of deep gratitude? And the next breath? and so on. Then I would be living the ‘Eucharistic Life” where all is gifted grace.”

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