Bluestem Meditations
We meet every Friday at noon for A Quiet Hour in the Sanctuary
Join us for a period of quiet reflection in nature. An hour of time to pause in our care for the land and to practice presence with one another on it. We attend to this reverent space where each of us is known, valued and cared for. Bring a camp chair, cushion, blanket, yoga mat, or sit on a cedar bench in the Sanctuary. If it is raining we gather under the Barn. The hour is open to the spirit of those gathered in it.
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Present and FutureAs we age, my wife and I have been thinking about our final resting place. For me, traditional end of life alternatives were not appealing. I wanted my body to go back into the cycle of life -- to feed other life. I did not want it pumped with chemicals and buried in an indestructible vessel or burned to add to the growing concern of global warming.
Read more by Steve Gartrell Early SaxifragesA rest
Burning of the fields This darkness Black ash attracts the sunlight Awakening green plants below To sprout and be fed so well Read more by Emily Stewart Closing the Circle,
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Writings on nature and experiences at Bluestem are welcome.
They are reviewed by community members and posted to this page.
Send submissions to Bluestem Meditations.
They are reviewed by community members and posted to this page.
Send submissions to Bluestem Meditations.
In the Poem Box at Bluestem
Instructions On Not Giving Up, Ada Limón
Three Times My Life Has Opened, Jane Hirshfield
A Tribute to John Blackfeather Jeffries
Family Ties, Philip Martz
Essential Gratitude, Andrea Potos
The Peace of Wild Things, Wendell Berry
Excerpt from Who Will Be the Messenger of This Land, Jaki Shelton Green
Talking to Grief, Denise Levertov
The Sensualist, Jamie Hysjulien
Three Times My Life Has Opened, Jane Hirshfield
A Tribute to John Blackfeather Jeffries
Family Ties, Philip Martz
Essential Gratitude, Andrea Potos
The Peace of Wild Things, Wendell Berry
Excerpt from Who Will Be the Messenger of This Land, Jaki Shelton Green
Talking to Grief, Denise Levertov
The Sensualist, Jamie Hysjulien