is changing incredulity
into love, here
where the palpable
affection of God
bends rivers into
silent fire, then
back into
the insouciant,
singing grace
of water.
©Laura Sorrells 2013
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- Georgia, United States
- I live at the edge of the forest in a little town in the north Georgia mountains. I teach sixth grade Language Arts and am writing a memoir of sorts about family, spirituality, and narrative. I am also exploring a possible writing project having to do with contemporary lay contemplative experience and how it might be informed by the Desert Fathers and Mothers of early Christianity. I am a relatively recent convert to Roman Catholicism and an admirer of Pope Francis, Leonardo Boff, Joan Chittister, and Richard Rohr. I'm a Lay Associate of Our Lady of the Holy Spirit Monastery in Conyers, Georgia. I am interested in indigenous cultures, narratives, and spirituality, especially how these can inform my spirituality as a lay contemplative. I write, read, take pictures, play around with creating ephemera from paper and cloth and other organic things. I cook, hike, watch wildlife, and collect random bits of interesting oddness, both tangible and abstract. I am a seer of smallness and a caretaker of ridiculous minutiae. If you want, e-mail me at riverrun67@gmail.com or lksorrells@hotmail.com.
Enjoyed, best regards, Matt
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DeleteBeautiful--the photo and your words! I love the title! Have you read Craig Childs' "The Secret Knowledge of Water". He is a water hydrologist who spends a lot of time in the desert and much of it is about the desert, but you can't spend a lot of time in the desert without having spiritual insights.
ReplyDeletehe recently friended me on Facebook, but I don't really know his writing. I will have to read this book. I have it on my to-read list. Thank you! yes to your comment on the desert. I long to go back there soon.
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