Four Directions
I’ve attended ceremonies where, in the Native American tradition, the four directions are invoked before an event gets underway: a poem of homage to...
Author Archives: Michael Gray
Ministry for the Future
I’m aware that by writing a review of a book I am only 30% through, I risk losing my motivation to continue reading it....
Good Bye, Bella
Bella, our sweet miniature Aussie taught us love, again. You can’t learn that lesson too often. She came into our lives 14 months ago,...
Where Should I Stand?
Can I find the right place between Earth’s mantle and hillsides of aspen Waving as one in sun and wind, To join in as...
Things Keep Happening
Over time I’ve begun to notice, on my journey through these endless tunnels, that I sometimes see things that remind me of things I’ve...
If I Knew this was my Final Day
Most of us don’t know when we are about to die and that our inescapable day has arrived. That seems surprising, considering that we...
Listening to the River
I like river images as a way to invoke the flowing connection between seemingly separate things in life. I grew up beside the Saint...
The Art of Appreciation
Love may make the world go round, but appreciation keeps us from flying off into empty space as our world spins on its axis....
Inside the Tipi
I remember things from my past every day and this morning was no exception. But today something felt different in the way I remembered...
An Uncreated Path
I think it’s fair to say that everyone alive today, if they have their full faculties and feel connected with other people, animals, or...