Walking the Labyrinth in silence

slowly, steadily

feeling rooted in God,

I hear once again,

“I am the Ground of your being.”

My being sinks deeper

into the “Ground of my being.”

Holy Ground.

Sacred Ground.

Blessed rootedness -

in God. Amen.

Denise Pyles

(written October 29, 1998 while walking a Labyrinth at Calvary Presbyterian Church in Milwaukee, WI)

This is the God in which I believe….

Then God said, “I have made in my image:

Women and men – reverence one another;

Gay and straight – befriend one another;

Yellow and Black and Red and White – cherish one another;

Jewish and Muslim and Christian and Hindu and Buddhist and Baha’i and all religions and faiths and spiritualities – bless one another;

The old and young, rich and poor, country folk and city folk, northerners and southerners, easterners and westerners – honor one another;

People of all cultures and nations – respect one another;

Humans and all creatures and all living things – treasure one another;

The earth and all its inhabitants – nurture one another;

AND, in my image – love one another.”

Amen.

Denise Pyles

4.16.11

Wonder God,

thank you

for the amazing gift of life

in all its fullness;

for the sacred gift of life –

in good times and in bad,

when life seems easy

and when it seems hard;

when life is simple

and when it is an effort. 

This life I cherish with gratitude

all the days of my life. Amen.

Denise Pyles, M.Div.

(adaptation of a wedding vow)

Cascade Pass, WA