- By Melannie Svoboda SND
Here 8217 s another good book you might enjoy The Book of Joy by the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu These two Nobel Peace Prize Laureates and international spiritual leaders were also very close friends In April 2015 Archbishop Tutu visited the Dalai Lama 8217 s home in India to
- By Melannie Svoboda SND
A number of years ago I was struggling with someone a co worker who was about 15 years older than I was I didn 8217 t know him very well but we rubbed shoulders at work from time to time About once a month for example we were required to
- By Melannie Svoboda SND
April is national poetry month As is my custom I 8217 m posting poems in honor of poetry 8217 s marvelous beauty and power Today I 8217 m featuring three poems about Jesus by two friends of mine and myself I suggest you read these poems slowly and aloud The
- By Melannie Svoboda SND
Easter is the season of hope 8230 Easter reminds us that our hope is rooted in the persistent and unconditional love of God for us 8211 not in our goodness Our hope is rooted in the life and teachings of Jesus 8211 not in ourselves Our hope is rooted in
- By Melannie Svoboda SND
One thing I like about praying anything goes I didn 8217 t always believe this As a little girl I thought praying was mostly something you did in church on Sundays or something you did before eating supper or you did kneeling beside your bed every night I didn 8217
- By Melannie Svoboda SND
Some of us will experience a total eclipse of the sun on Monday April 8 2024 The Cleveland Ohio area is in its direct path We will be privileged to witness this astronomical phenomenon from 1 59 20 PM to 4 28 57 PM EST How 8217 s that for
- By Melannie Svoboda SND
Last week this blog focused on beauty 8211 especially the beauty of various art forms as seen in the works of local artist Pat Firem This week we are focusing on a topic that may be uncomfortable for many of us the ugliness and power of evil But as we
- By Melannie Svoboda SND
In my book The Grace of Beauty I write 8220 Beauty can affect us in many ways It can stop us in its tracks lighten our heart calm our anxiety ease our pain move us to tears 8230 Beauty even has the power to draw us to the ultimate source
- By Melannie Svoboda SND
A friend recently gave me a marvelous new book to read during my recovery from hip surgery It 8217 s called Alfie amp Me What Owls Know What Humans Believe by the award winning ecologist Carl Safina The book tells the story of how Safina and his wife Patricia on
- By Melannie Svoboda SND
This past month I visited a special place I call Hip Replacement Surgery Land 8212 or Hippy Land for short During my sojourn there I learned or re learned many things Here are a few of them The power of prayer So many people said they were praying for me