Rev. Ani
Enneagram Type Two
~converting vice to virtue on the path of personal transformation The enneagram is a nine-pointed symbol that was explicated as an...
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Rev. Ani
- Jan 29, 2022
- 4 min
Enneagram Type One
~converting vice to virtue on the path of personal transformation The Enneagram Personality Typology System (EPS) is based on the...
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Rev. Ani
- Dec 20, 2021
- 3 min
Christmas as a Celebration of Indebtedness
An Advent Reflection photo by ia huh on Unsplash.com “Discipleship teaches us the art of seeing our lives as gifts.” William Willimon I...
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Rev. Ani
- Dec 17, 2021
- 2 min
The Advent of Self-Love
Poems From The Porch Have you ever considered the worthiness of a tree and what right it has to be here? Sitting in the stillness of this...
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Rev. Ani
- Dec 16, 2021
- 2 min
When the Mind Needs to Remember What the Heart Knows
Poems From The Porch White bird in the shallows stands poised, a graceful statuette awaiting provision. Silver-glassed water reflecting...
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Rev. Ani
- Dec 11, 2021
- 1 min
The Revolution of Christmas
An Advent Reflection photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash.com If we put the birth of Jesus in context, we see that his presence started...
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Rev. Ani
- Dec 10, 2021
- 2 min
Making Room
An Advent Reflection photo by Boba Jovanovic on Unsplash.com And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in bands of cloth,...
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Rev. Ani
- Dec 7, 2021
- 2 min
Into the Space, a Greater Reality is Born
An Advent Reflection photo by Marcos Paulo Prado on Unsplash.com Space is the environment into which all things are born. Yet, we crowd...
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Rev. Ani
- Nov 23, 2021
- 2 min
Participating in Daybreak
Poems From The Porch Dawn is singing her morning song, lighting up the black trees and inviting the roosters to call in the day....
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Rev. Ani
- Nov 19, 2021
- 2 min
You've Got This
Poems From The Porch Photo by x ) on Unsplash.com The choice is yours. You feel these compelling desires to develop yourself in a...
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Rev. Ani
- Nov 18, 2021
- 2 min
Maybe You Can Relate
Poems From The Porch A new kitten showed up yesterday. It is clear that she wants to belong. She sits on the edge of the porch, engaging...
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Rev. Ani
- Nov 15, 2021
- 2 min
The Simple Joy of Being-ness
Poems From The Porch Sitting on the porch, a gift in itself, highlights the simple joy of being-ness. A fragment of web, roguishly...
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Rev. Ani
- Nov 14, 2021
- 2 min
The Rightness of Your Unfolding
Poems From The Porch The purslane buds wait every morning to open to the warmth of the sun. The brilliant rays invoke their passionate...
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Rev. Ani
- Nov 11, 2021
- 1 min
Holiness Discovering Holiness
Poems From The Porch Sweet mist veiling the blue Crackling fire offering aroma Cozy morning scene presenting the gifts of the day Merton...
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Rev. Ani
- Nov 10, 2021
- 1 min
In All Things
Poems From The Porch to let go of striving and the need to know to relinquish the search and the chase to rest in silence of mind and...
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Rev. Ani
- Nov 7, 2021
- 1 min
A Duality of Preferences
Poems From The Porch resistance and clinging precursors of suffering pain labeled bad avoid and avert pleasure labeled good grasp and...
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Rev. Ani
- Nov 4, 2021
- 2 min
Seeing the Face of God
Poems From The Porch So often I have failed to recognize You, Breath of my breath, for I have been enchanted by your love notes left...
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Rev. Ani
- Nov 3, 2021
- 2 min
The Underwhelming Choice
Poems From The Porch Did you not know that you would have to suffer these things in order to enter into your glory? Did you imagine that...
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Rev. Ani
- Nov 2, 2021
- 2 min
In the Breaking of the Bread
Poems From The Porch In the morning sunlight on the elderly oak, in the crispness of the autumn cool, in the affection of a purring...
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Rev. Ani
- Oct 31, 2021
- 2 min
Fearless
Poems From The Porch photo by Benjamin Davies on Unsplash.com The master reassured his disciples saying, “I go before you to prepare a...
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