I love the autumn season. I wait and wait for it to arrive and suddenly it breaks open in a wide variety of beautiful colors. The huge oaks are adorned in majesty; the littlest of bushes pipe up, saying, “Hey look at me!” There are all sorts of trees wearing different styles and patterns. Pay attention to the detail! Do NOT miss the splendor of this season. What kind of world would it be without this breathtaking diversity? Stunning, isn’t it? Oh, it is beautiful outside! It

Darker days, longer nights. This is a difficult season for people like me who crave sunshine and happiness. And some days knowing that in the darkness is where all new life begins does not seem like enough encouragement. I wonder whether caterpillars feel anything as they move into dissolution before emerging as butterflies? Anything like the terror and emptiness we can feel when our lives and those of people we love are undergoing major transformation? We don’t know how thin

According to the Encarta Dictionary for North America the word, “paradox” means, “a statement or proposition that seems to be absurd or contradictory, but in fact is or may be true.” The posture of Celtic Way enjoys, believes in, and lives out of several life-giving paradoxes. For example, for us God is one and also three. We say the Three in One or the One in Three; we believe that the natural world is the living embodiment of the Divine, but it is not the Divine. There is a

Is it just me or did the weather suddenly shift as equinox dawned? Just as if the conductor tapped her wand then the breeze felt like autumn; the temperature evenly matched the air’s quality. Summer had been smitten. It is time to find my favorite sweater and dream of a cool night’s sleep. I appreciate the idea of time. I like to measure things like the height of my grandson or how far I have read in a book. It brings me a sense of accomplishment and sometimes even growth. I