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Haiku - The Sacret Art: A Spiritual Practice in Three Lines

Haiku – The Sacred Art: A Spiritual Practice in Three Lines

 

By Margaret D. McGee

 

"Teaches that haiku, like prayer, allows us to spend 'time with the moment itself' ... instilling a desire and ability to write what is essential and understand how it entwines with our individual spiritual practices." 

Sheila Bender, author of

A New Theology: Turning to Poetry in a Time of Grief

 

Also available:

Sacred Attention:
A Spiritual Practice for Finding God in the Moment

 

“Beautiful, passionate and very personal…

reminds us again of why we need to be aware of the present moment: that’s where God is.”  

— John Lionberger, author, Renewal in the Wilderness: A Spiritual Guide to Connecting with God in the Natural World

 

 

Stumbling Toward God:
A Prodigal's Return

 

“An offbeat, engagingly written, appealingly uncertain spiritual memoir.” -- Publisher’s Weekly

 

     
Margaret D. McGee  

About the Courtyard

Hello, I'm Margaret D. McGee. Here In the Courtyard, you'll find prayers, meditations, and other writings organized by the seasons of the church. I add new writings regularly.   more...

     
Margaret's Bench  

Margaret’s Bench     July 2010 with Video

David and I have lived in our house in the woods near Port Townsend for going on 16 years now. It’s the longest time we’ve lived in any one place...    more...

       
 

Review of "Haiku – The Sacred Art"     July 2010

"a superb exploration of this poetic form for both beginners and experts alike... a rich little book..."

 

Posted on the Englewood Review of Books by Chris Smith...

 

       
 

Green Season

Welcome to the Green Season, the longest season in the church calendar.  It's called the Green Season for its green liturgical color and themes of new life and growth...    more...

 

Prayers of the People
for the 3rd Sunday After Pentecost
    July 2010

These prayers were first used on June 13, 2010 at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Port Townsend, Washington.

Let us join our voices together in prayer to the One God – Creator, Lover, and Friend:  Beloved, embrace us in your mercy.  We put our trust in you...    more...

 

       
Lectio + Haiku  

Lectio + Haiku    July 2010

Proverbs 8:1-4; 22-31

Does not wisdom call, and does not understanding raise her voice?  On the heights, beside the way, at the crossroads she takes her stand...    more...

 

 

 

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