Courage and Comfort “I believe prayer is talking to God, and meditation is listening to God!” I’ll be sharing with you this and other selected Quotable Quotes that I’ve found worthy during the past twenty years and, now integral to two stories – one a story told; the second a story learned. First, a thought-piece […]
Category: Meditations
Meditation
Still, Small Voice – by Florence Niven
I’ve come to rely on and trust, my still, small voice. My voice of calm and reason. I recognize however, that this voice is not alone in my head, or my heart. It shares those spaces with another. One that is neither still, nor small. In fact it’s quite rambunctious. This other voice vies for […]
Lessons Learned by Kathy Thomas
My back porch sits forlornly empty for yet another year. Here we are: the middle of June, and that porch should be filled with the laughter and fellowship of Spirit Sisters. The hammock sways listlessly and empty in the breeze. Over this past year and beyond, we have continued to faithfully meet as Spirit Sisters, […]
Signs of Renewal by Tysie Mitchell
All around us these April days we see signs of renewal. At no other time, in our Canadian calendar, are we so aware of the colours of new life, than after five months of a landscape of white, black, brown and grey. Now, lawns are greening. A blue haze on last year’s dead grass, becomes a […]
Epiphany Meditation by Florence Niven
As we explore the theme of Epiphany, I invite you to consider not only the significance of light, but also that of its companion – darkness. Darkness is often thought of as something to fear, thanks to more than a few fairy tales and bible stories, and pandemics. But without darkness we would not be […]
Advent Meditation by Florence Niven
[Click the button below to see this poem with its intended formatting] Beyond the anxiety, beyond the isolation, beyond the restrictions – to gather, to celebrate, to grieve… Hope resides. Hope lives in the quiet spaces. In wish-filled longings, and fervent prayers. Between imagination and possibility. Hope resides, because a Child was born. […]
Meditation on Hope – by Linda Delve
[Presented, virtually, to Spirit Sisters, a women’s group at Edith Rankin Memorial United Church, on December 9, 2020; Stage directions included] ______________________ A gift! [Show a wrapped package] How wonderful! I asked Santa for Louise Penny’s newest mystery novel. I wonder . . . [look under gift; shake gift; smell gift; feel gift] I hope […]
The Advent Token – by Florence Niven
It was a simple idea. One my sister, the organist at a United Church in Fredericton, New Brunswick, told me about. The minister had asked the congregation to consider wearing something special for the first Sunday of Advent. A token of some sort. Something to remind them of a loved one they wouldn’t be seeing […]
Choosing Faith Over Fear – by Florence Niven
– Spirit Sisters meditation, October 2020 A few years ago I experienced a painful tingling sensation across the middle of my back. I assumed – because of my extensive television medical knowledge – it was shingles, even though I saw no evidence of a rash. After an examination, my doctor told me that, sometimes, when […]
Simple Pleasures – by Florence Niven
Autocorrect was write. I mean, right. At the end of summer, a friend emailed to tell me she was busy canning all the fruits and veggies of her labour. I replied, “Sounds like you’re heavily ensconced in the work of your garden.” Autocorrect jumped in – as autocorrect does – with an unsolicited correction. Changing […]