A music box filled with grace . . .

It's Tew's day and the mailbox has been repainted and filled with music this morning . . .

It’s the birthday of the artist who said, “I would like to paint the way a bird sings”: Claude Monet, born in Paris in 1840

We are the voyaging body for stories too small for us to even notice. – Sophie Strand, “Rock & Me: Lithic Pilgrimage,” in Make Me Good Soil.

“I wanted to stand with those who clearly see G-d’s holy broken world for what it is, and still find the courage or the heart to praise it.” – Leonard Cohen

Speaking of music . . .

The links below surprised and moved me to the point of desiring to share them with you.

Listen to and watch Bob Marley’s Redemption Song

then listen and watch a gorgeous rendition of the same piece performed by Sheku Kanneh-Mason and his family.

So who is Sheku Kanneh-Mason?

Grace is the life energy that makes flowers bloom, animals lovingly raise their young, babies smile, and planets remain in their orbits [as well as shapes the flow of The Way]—for no good reason whatsoever except love alone. – Richard Rohr