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oak tree blessing grandparent

Blessings and prayers

A blessing on the loss of a grandparent

November 15, 2023

lughnasadh field of wheat

Blessings and prayers

A blessing for the first harvest (Lughnasadh)

August 1, 2022

snowdrops

Blessings and prayers

Not yet, but soon – an Imbolc blessing

January 31, 2022

Blessings and prayers

For the one who has run out of good cheer: a blessing

December 20, 2021

blessing for difficult relationship with parent or parents

Blessings and prayers

For one ready to dive deeper: a blessing

November 10, 2021

autumn leaves in a puddle

Blessings and prayers

Walking in my neighbourhood: a hymn

October 22, 2021

autumn leaves

Blessings and prayers

Autumn: a blessing

October 22, 2021

Blessings and prayers

Climate grief: a prayer

August 15, 2021

sunday scaries

Blessings and prayers

Sunday scaries: a blessing

August 15, 2021

lughnasadh field of wheat

Blessings and prayers

A lughnasadh/lammas blessing

July 31, 2021

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🕯️ Free Alternative Advent reflections! 🕯️

A series of advent reflections for all, brought you by interfaith minister and holy rascal, Rev Holly Chetan-Welsh.

🧝 Whether you’re a Scrooge or a Santa’s Little Helper.
✨ Whether you’re religious, a witch, have a personal spirituality or none of the above.
🎄 Whether you’re blasting Mariah on repeat or would pay money to never hear a Christmas ‘classic’ again.

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Stories, poems, meditation prompts - just twelve lovely, simple things to help you connect with the energy of Advent - a time of year with a magic all its own. Inclusive and free to all.

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🕯️ A L L H A L L O W S // S A M H A I N 🕯

🕯️ A L L H A L L O W S // S A M H A I N 🕯️

The veil is thin and the sacred inner darkness beckons.

May our healed, wise and well ancestors (both genetic and spiritual) strengthen us as we seek ways to be good ancestors in our turn. They, too, faced times when it seemed chaos would reign forever.

Tender love to all those grieving, be it the first day or the thousandth since your beloved one went beyond the veil.

[halloween, samhain, wheel of the year, ancestors, chosen ancestors, good ancestors]

Sending tender love

On the autumn equinox, We offer up our messy, imp

On the autumn equinox,
We offer up our messy, imperfect lives
Our unfinished stories
We place them on the harvest table
And by grace, they are transformed
Into something that will nourish us
For all the winter’s lean and draughty days.

The air is cooling; the nights are descending
But within, a rich harvest table awaits its guests.
We are summoned inside.

Perhaps you enter feeling like the scruffy late arrival with petrol-station snacks
Thinking about everything you planned to bring;
But the Host of the feast says “lay it all down”

So come,
Sit beside the warm hearth
Offer your sacred crop of days
Offer your heart’s wishes
Your griefs, travails and triumphs

Bless them; eat them.

And taste with surprised delight the richness of your life
Returned to you by the generous harvest

And, full-bellied and thankful,
May you go out from the feast
With a coal of new self-trust in your heart
To warm you from within
All winter.

🍎

[autumn equinox, mabon, wheel of the year, spiritual writing, blessings, liturgy, poets of ig]

✨ NEW THINGS ARE COMING ✨ How have your last,

✨ NEW THINGS ARE COMING ✨

How have your last, um, two years been?! 😬

I hope beautiful. I hope meaningful. I hope surprisingly delicious.

I’m newly ordained (!) and fresh and downright frightening things are incubating in my heart. I’ll be ready to share soon.

In the meantime, here’s me discovering how cute a linen dress and wellies look together.

#interfaithminister #glampingstyle #newschoolyear

If you find yourself half naked and barefoot in th

If you find yourself half naked
and barefoot in the frosty grass, hearing,
again, the earth's great, sonorous moan that says
you are the air of the now and gone, that says
all you love will turn to dust,
and will meet you there, do not
raise your fist. Do not raise
your small voice against it. And do not
take cover. Instead, curl your toes
into the grass, watch the cloud
ascending from your lips. Walk
through the garden's dormant splendor.
Say only, thank you.
Thank you.

- Ross Gay

#poetrygram #rossgay #healingwithwords #soulwisdom

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