by Shirin McArthur | Mar 3, 2019 | Nature and Seasons, Spiritual Life
The Grand Canyon celebrated one hundred years as a national park last week. As I mentioned in my prior post, we visited recently—two weeks before all the centennial festivities. While it might have been fun to be there for the celebration, somehow that century seems...
by Shirin McArthur | Feb 24, 2019 | Conscious Living, Nature and Seasons, Society and Culture
This past week was spring break back east, and our younger son and his family visited for their annual winter migration south. They expected warmth, but Arizona greeted them with rain and snow! We had planned a trip to the Grand Canyon and were very fortunate that our...
by Shirin McArthur | Feb 17, 2019 | Nature and Seasons, Society and Culture, Spiritual Life
Last week, in my post on the state of our various unions, I included an image of a flock of snow geese. It seemed an appropriate image to illustrate the color and nature of the conformity I saw in one portion of the congressional audience at the State of the Union...
by Shirin McArthur | Sep 30, 2018 | Conscious Living, Spiritual Life, Writing Life
Twilight is a powerful time—liminal space between light and dark. We can’t see clearly as twilight envelops us. Familiar landscapes become unrecognizable. If we step out, it is into the unknown. Our modern world does not like twilight. Just look at those photos of the...
by Shirin McArthur | Jan 7, 2018 | Christianity, Nature and Seasons, Spiritual Life
It’s been a rough few weeks. One person in my circle has died, another was in an induced coma and her husband is recovering from blood clots, and someone else had a heart attack. I’ve also received emails from folks I know, asking for prayers for others who are...