by Kristin Camp | Nov 29, 2022 | Newsletter
To read our December, 2022 edition of the Inspiration, click here: Inspiration – December 2022
by Kristin Camp | Nov 28, 2022 | Uncategorized
Download our handy Reverse Advent Calendar and track the days of Advent with caring activities and charitable deeds. Click here to view, download, print and share: Reverse Advent Calendar 2022
by Kristin Camp | Nov 23, 2022 | Marta Blog
Listen to the Whispers Besides the sturdy oak trees most of the leaves have fallen. Although we’ve walked these paths hundreds of times everything looks strange and new. Without the foliage I dream up angels perched upon the limbs protecting passers-by and whispering...
by Kristin Camp | Nov 17, 2022 | Marta Blog
Forgiveness Out of the many ways I can think to forgive it’s eased by pretending this offending act never occurred. I like you as before. Or print the name as prayer to give to God and never take it back when irked again. Stupid things I’ve done come to mind so I let...
by Kristin Camp | Nov 9, 2022 | Marta Blog
Are You There? When settling in beneath the starry sky feeling as though I’m an incredibly minute dot in this universe yet unified with it in humility my arms raise and I fall to my knees soul feeling wild, free as the seagull. Experiencing in this holy moment only...
by Kristin Camp | Nov 9, 2022 | Marta Blog
A Boy in Solitude Feeling lonely and scared, this shaggy haired boy plants himself on a mossy log in the woods pondering “What did I do to deserve this life of mine?” Feeling the weight of parents’ expectations nearly as high as this old tree, her bare branches...
by Kristin Camp | Oct 28, 2022 | Newsletter
The November 2022 edition of our monthly newsletter – the Inspiration – is now available to read, download and/or share. Click here: Saint Paul Benson Inspiration – November 2022
by Kristin Camp | Oct 26, 2022 | Marta Blog
Be Still Trunks swaying in the swift winds no one remains stable whether seated on the bench or stepping carefully on the stone path of the labyrinth. This faithful woman bows her head, and as she trusts and prays the stress of the past week loses power and disappears...
by Kristin Camp | Oct 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
Smoky Mountains Call In the instant we were thrust through the entrance of the tall iron gates a realization came over me of just how quiet my present life has become and how jarring chaos can seem to me. The further we walked, the more I pulled back from the various...
by Kristin Camp | Oct 5, 2022 | Marta Blog
A Balancing Act Viewing the early morning sky as light streams through the fog, awareness of a puffy, saw-toothed edged line of white clouds stretching horizontally across the sky makes me smile for the first time today. Reminded of a circus tight-rope walker I notice...
