Dogwood blooms with green ground cover

Dogwoods are blooming in Tennessee.

On this day, we return to God, remembering that we are God’s beloved. From “Walking in the Wilderness.”

“Do not allow your mind to be imprisoned by majority thinking. Remember that the limits of science are not the limits of imagination.”—Dr. Patricia Bath (1942-2019), ophthalmologist, inventor, and public health advocate

#BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackLivesMatter

Photograph of a black bird with red and yellow spot on its wing, viewed from the side facing right, perched on a twig, the bird's beak is open in mid song and out of its mouth swirls of golden mist emerge in the cold air

Photographer Kathrin Swoboda captured amazing images of a red wing blackbird's song, visible via the bird's breath in cold air and early light #WomensArt

The TEP logo is at the bottom. The text says, "Discriminatory Bill Alert Dangerous anti-trans bill SB468 As introduced, enacts the Women's Safety and Protection Act. What it really does is put trans people in danger in shelters, restrooms, dormitories, and correctional facilities by prohibiting them from being in spaces aligned with their gender identity."

Really bad!

Practices for the Wilderness I am reminding myself of the practices that we'll need to survive (and even thrive?) in the wilderness we have entered.

What are the practices you are using today to keep you grounded? Keep breathing and remember: You are beloved. And you are not alone.

Photo featuring an elderly white man and woman standing and holding hands in an interior, the woman wears a beret, wool coat with green and yellow stripes and dark trousers, she has a walking stick, the man to the right wears a cap, sky blue jacket and dark trousers the room is yellow with images on the wall behind the couple

Singer songwriter, musician and painter Joni Mitchell (with artist David Hockney) #WomensArt

The Long View When I feel despair aboutThe way things areOr hopeless aboutWhat is to come.When I feel lost,No longer sure of the pathsI am to follow.When I have worn myself outIn anger or in worry.I catch a glimpse...

The long view ....

The artistic process for the illustrations in "Davida Angelica Roared."

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Story time with Beth Richardson — Edgehill UMC

Nashville friends, join me Saturday for Storytime at Edgehill UMC. www.edgehill.org/storytime

For Those Who Are Afraid For those who are afraid ... to leave their homes, to send their children to school, to read the news for fear of what they will find.

For those who are afraid ... to leave their homes, to send their children to school, to read the news for fear of what they will find. ...