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Zen kitty showed me all-presence
By
Cheryl Petersen
I’ve blogged under the icon of Zen Kitty in the past. The cat was real and meant a great deal to me. The other day, to my horror, I found Zen Kitty dead, ran over by a vehicle. Mortified, I carried him back to the house to bury outside in the pasture, his favorite meditation…
Bee stings and manure fertilizer
By
Cheryl Petersen
Last spring, I planted a flowering plum tree out in the lawn and it’s been struggling all summer. Wanting to give it a little boost, I asked our neighbor, who has a gigantic pile of horse manure, if I could get some. “Sure, help yourself,” she said gladly. I intended on spreading the manure around…
Rest rather than sleep
By
Cheryl Petersen
With all due respect for a good night’s sleep, I fail to see why sleep is automatically credited as the producer of rest. It’s a bit misleading. Sleep is a state of unconsciousness or oblivion. Not exactly the best ingredients for rest. I’m only rested when I have a peaceful consciousness. Anyway, some people who…
The qualifications for Communion
By
Cheryl Petersen
Questions are posed today to people who profess to love Jesus: If that Godlike and glorified man were physically on earth today, would you reject him? Would you deny him the rights of humanity if he entertained any other lifestyle or religion than yours? Would you deny him the Eucharist?
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