Posts by Martha Brunell

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Web Notes When We Are Scattered – July 16, 2020

by Martha Brunell

Physically Distanced but Spiritually Connected A Matter of Masks A handful of my masks — in the city I frequently wear several a day. Dear Mayfield, The often-contested face mask has been worn by many of us for weeks now. I don’t come and go now like I used to, but I usually wear at least […]

Web Notes When We Are Scattered – July 10, 2020

by Martha Brunell

Physically Distanced but Spiritually Connected Dive In Dear Mayfield, There was a pair of elderly sisters in my first church named Mabel and Helen. Neither one of them had married, and they lived together throughout their lives. They kept a beautiful home and garden. When we renovated the church’s beautiful old parsonage in our ragged urban […]

Web Notes When We Are Scattered – July 7, 2020

by Martha Brunell

Physically Distanced but Spiritually Connected Briar Rose What was underneath all those thistles? Dear Mayfield, On Sunday I opened the reflection with a thistle story from my morning walks. Above is a picture of several roses on the small bush of red roses that I mentioned then.  Since the rose bush is located not far […]

Web Notes When We Are Scattered – July 2, 2020

by Martha Brunell

Physically Distanced but Spiritually Connected Join the Conversation The Best Contagions…What are they? How might we be carriers? Dear Mayfield, Worship and reflection last weekend included “Everything Is Waiting for You” by poet David Whyte. Whyte encourages us to experience ourselves in ongoing conversation with growing things and objects, inside and out, in the daily encounters of […]

Web Notes When We Are Scattered – June 30, 2020

by Martha Brunell

Physically Distanced but Spiritually Connected Earth Church This is a photo from Diana in the Monarch Waystation last week. A Red Admiral butterfly is perched on one of the coneflowers. Dear Mayfield, I have just finished rereading the grant proposal I assembled in October 2013 for the Earth Monastery Project of the Abbey of the […]

Web Notes When We Are Scattered – June 25, 2020

by Martha Brunell

Physically Distanced but Spiritually Connected A Turtle and A Saint  a red-eared slider laying eggs at North Pond Nature Sanctuary Dear Mayfield, In the Roman Catholic and Orthodox portions of the Christian Church, there is a tradition of recognizing, remembering and honoring the feast days of saints. Yesterday, June 24th, was the feast day of Saint […]

Web Notes When We Are Scattered – June 23, 2020

by Martha Brunell

Physically Distanced but Spiritually Connected The Music Goes On Well friends, I doubt you thought you would see the day when a picture of Wrigley Field would be at the top of a web note written by me.  No, I haven’t switched allegiance from the Cardinals to the Cubs, but I needed a MLB park, […]