Ravenous Ravens soar/searching for/crumbling carcasses.
A Harsh Winter Splendour
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Category: PRAY AND PLAY
How necessary it is to unite play with prayer. God desires to join us in our playfulness. Without him, our play is no longer fun. He blesses our gifts in sport and recreation, but we need to pray and invite him.
Skating Amid Crystal Leaves
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I arrived to find a frozen bay as expected, but my startled eyes found something I’ve never encountered in over 50 years of pond hockey.
Out there on skates with stick and puck I Live with Him, transformed. He lives in me, playing, moving with every stride, inspiring every blade movement and every dangle.
Oceans In A Kayak Of Emotions
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Oceans are massive/ And oceans do croon/ As they cradle my kayak/ Slipping under the moon.
Ski Trail Rapture
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Chickadees listening in the trees/O Lord, your radiance in this day/Makes me never want to stray.
Go To A Remote Place In A Boat
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It’s time to get in a boat and head to a remote place, island, cove, or a secluded little beach. It’s summer in Canada where…
March Holds Winter’s Hand
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Light stands proudly on the evening horizon pushing the long dark winter nights away. March is not rude or aggressive in its pursuit of spring and summer.
Pray, Fast, Ski Ash Wednesday
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The weather reports and warnings for Ash Wednesday stirred my excitement with its promise of Mercy and a ton of snow.
From Adoration To Ice Art
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Adoration On the doorstep of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Dec 11, an hour with you Jesus in the Holy Eucharist began with my mind still…
I fastened the skates, grabbed the hockey stick, and with my right leg drove the cold edge of steel into shiny lake ice, launching me into a dream.