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

We hold space in solidarity with the community of Charleston, and especially the congregation of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church.

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Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Us Around
-A prayer offered by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

 “Almighty God, Thou has called us to walk for freedom, even as Thou did the Children of Israel. We pray, dear God, as we go through a wilderness of State Troopers that Thou will hold our hand. We pray, dear God, as we must go through the Valley of the Shadow of Death, that Thou will go with us and strengthen us for the task. Keep us strong. Keep us calm. Help us to love our enemy. And above all, keep the fires of freedom burning in our hearts, so that no matter what happens, ain’t gonna let nobody turn us around. Because Thou, dear God, has sent us into this place. Thou has sent us to fight, not just for ourselves, but to fight for this nation so that democracy might exist here for the whole world. Keep this vision in our hearts, and may we one day wake up and find the state of Alabama, where all men might vote, where all children might get a decent education, where every man and woman might have a job according to his (or her) abilities, and where every man and woman might live together as brothers, and violence and bloodshed and hatred and prejudice shall be no more. In Jesus’ name, we pray, Amen.”

 

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The Blessing Way of Summer

For the fragrance of desert rain, / For children splashing in laughter, and for the locked glance of mystery shared between two lovers– / We thank you, Lord of all life, for the promises you have hidden in the heart of all creation…”

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Nine Quotes from Reflections on the Unknowable by Thomas Keating6-20-2015 12-50-17 PM

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A Mustard Seed Prayer

“To what shall we compare the kingdom of God, or what parable can we use for it? It is like a mustard seed that, when it is sown in the ground, is the smallest of all the seeds on the earth. But once it is sown, it springs up and becomes the largest of plants and puts forth large branches, so that the birds of the sky can dwell in its shade.”

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