Good Morning, God! My brother has a wonderful eye and seems particularly interested in dragonflies. He pointed out that we could see (on top of the flower) the dragonfly’s double wings against the dark green of the lily pad. So…
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Interspecies Communication and Trust
Good Morning, God! Sometimes I get discouraged about our species, God. There are so many good individuals — but, in aggregate we seem to be busy destroying ecosystems and pushing animals into extinction. In fact, looking at the elephants on…
Kahuku Farms and our Nature Deficit Disorder
Good Morning, God! Yesterday I went with my Book Group out to Kahuku Farm. Driving around the island brought back memories. It isn’t a trip I make very often and the drop in population density always catches me by surprise.…
Golden Plovers and their Spring Trip
Pacific Golden Plover Good Morning, God! We are getting close to mid-April when the Kolea (Pacific Golden Plovers) gather and then fly off to Alaska. I love seeing these bird, God. Partly, because they are beautiful, but also because the…
Help us to be like Trees, Planted beside the Rivers of Water
They [the righteous] are like Trees planted by the Rivers of Water
Rising in the Dark, Circadian Tides and Attention
Good Morning, God! I am up at my regular time but it is still DARK! Several years ago I discovered that the sun rises later up until January 15th. This morning when I checked the chart I discovered that sunrise…
Deer Asking for Help
Good Morning, God! Four young Sitka black-tailed deer swimming toward help — that’s quite a story! They were in the icy water of Stephen’s Passage, Alaska — who knows for how long — when they saw a boat and swam…
Cowgirls, Climate Change, and Hope
Believing that there are “ways to adapt” is a key part of being fully human.
The Bright Lights of “Progress”
Good Morning, God! I was delighted by this photo of the Nile River Delta at night. I got it out of a weekly email from NASA called Earth Observatory. It shows how we humans need water and congregate around it.…
Some thoughts on being Half Way UP
Good Morning, God! Part way up the General Grant tree is a puzzle. And there are no rangers around to ask. The small straight “tree” shown coming out of the left side here in this photo — is it a…
A Moment with God 