Iowa Grandmothers

Recovering from Empathizing

Where's the Fear?

Photo Credits
Boat Bow --https://pixabay.com/en/boat-bow-water-wooden-retro-919039/


Ocean -- https://pixabay.com/en/ocean-sky-blue-calm-tranquil-828774/


Greenhouse Moss --http://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-greenhouse-left-derelict-moss-now-growing-on-cedarwood-ref-phstmjk210046-67129863.html and http://www.ecopoisepest.com/#!roof-cleaning/c1of7


Brush --http://www.ehow.com/about_6382030_do-archaeologists-out-early-peoples_.html


Noodles --http://www.bigstockphoto.com/search/%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BC%D1%8D%D0%BD/?vectors=y


Storm --https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiozeGD6onOAhVFRSYKHbcRAfYQjRwIBw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.videezy.com%2Ffree-video%2Fstorm&bvm=bv.127984354,d.eWE&psig=AFQjCNFkIVqhHvo_xjzOzHtIyH0nLGul-w&ust=1469371576322420

Praying Like a Fruit Tree

Parable of the Sower: Part 4 of 4


Photo Credits:
Weeping Willow -- https://www.pinterest.com/pin/306174474644541276/
Mulberries -- Photo by Green Deane
Tree with Vine -- http://www.canstockphoto.es/ingl%C3%A9s-hiedra-subidas-arriba-dogwood-17183868.html
Vines at Base -- Photo by George Weigel

One Dead Branch -- http://westernfarmpress.com/orchard-crops/walnut-dieback-troublesome-central-california-orchards#slide-0-field_images-151121

Branch in Fire -- https://www.worthychristianforums.com/topic/129346-fire-2/

Covered in Vines --  http://s19.postimg.org/qie1dbbyr/gw_n_140211_01.jpg

Super Plump Mulberries -- http://www.phillyorchards.org/tag/orchard/

Weeping Willow -- https://countryliving4beginners.wordpress.com/tag/weeping-willow/

Towering Tree --http://www.easyfreeclipart.com/california-state-tree-redwood-clipart-1082436.html

Walk This Way

The chart below is the 40-day reading schedule I plan to use the next time moral outrage starts to get the better of me.


It's based on the reading schedule I followed during my lenten reflection on Whiteclay.  The readings start with Jesus setting his face towards Jerusalem and end with the Cross.  The exercise helped me cope with the frustration and anger I felt over the injustice happening in Whiteclay and move into a healthier frame of mind.

I walked the road to the Cross with Jesus, and he walked the streets of Whiteclay and the Pine Ridge Reservation with me,  I trust that he will walk with me the next time I'm confronted with an ugly social truth and try to respond by sticking with it and not look away or get distracted from it.

Easter Reflection

Idealist and Realist?

Loving the Other Side

For those who practice both acts of piety and mercy, who follow a religion that is both inward and outward, who seek both personal and social holiness -- an encouragement to lift our spirits when we fail yet again.

Simone Campbell's works of piety and mercy

Krista Tippett, host of the radio show "On Being", interviews Simone Campbell.  Sister Simone describes how her spiritual practices support her social activism.