Category Archives: Twinkle’s Musings
Let us plant many trees of knowledge
Restore Us to Memory – Service at Starr King Unitarian Universalist Fellowship – Sunday, November 11th, 2018
Restore Us to Memory from SKUUF Plymouth NH on Vimeo.
What a blessing to lead services with Sarah Dan Jones and Margaret Salt!
#BuildingTheBelovedCommunity #PulpitOfPeace
(for text of this service, click HERE)
Be Silent and Observe Nature
Take time to sit in silence.
Observe Nature.
Observe yourself in relation
to all that is,
all that ever was,
and all that will be.
Above picture is on Moosehead Lake in Maine where we host retreats. #FeelingBlessed
I Voted
I voted because it is an outward expression of intentional visualization, and I believe the Universe responds to such outward expressions with manifestations of equal or higher value (even if at first glance they do not seem to be so).
an audio meditation for Samhain
Entering the Dark Season
Each year we share this meditation poem written by Twinkle in 2013.
May we find comfort in the warm embrace of the dark season.
The Dark Season
We are at the threshold of the Seasons,
the doorway to the Year,
when the Veil is thin,
and time passes amorphously.
We turn inward as the Darkness beckons us.
We welcome the warmth of the fire,
contemplating the mysteries of the Unseen.
We honor the soft ache in our hearts
for those we have lost:
the people,
the dreams.
And we rest.
For rest we must, to heal.
This is the cycle of death and rebirth;
release and renewal.
We cherish this time
as the lessons it offers
penetrate our knowing.
May we breathe in wisdom
and breathe out patience.
by: Rev. “Twinkle” Marie Manning
October 23rd, 2013
For original art post + Audio, click the link below.
September 12th – October 4th, every year, like clockwork
My mother’s birthday is today,
…would have been today.
October 4th.
She would have been 69.
She died 10 years ago;
her Body releasing its last exhale in the wee hours of September 12th. She was 58.
Her death-day marks the beginning of what is typically a difficult series of weeks for our family; September also holding the anniversaries of my brother’s death, and the would-be birthday of my father who died almost two decades ago now.
Of course, the dark season has grown accustomed to stretching out, often initiating Its appearance before August’s end and extending its visit through, and then past, Samhain.
This year was lighter than many.
Still, their absence is present.
The Power of Prayer
In my thesis many years ago, I delved into the power of prayer and cited Gregg Braden’s work among others. It is a topic of many of my sermons, indeed, my personal credo is Living Life as a Payer. In this video, Tara Brach offers similar lessons regarding the nature of prayer, mature prayer, mindful prayer that really resonates:
#TaraBrach
The Winds of Summer – Sermon by Rev. “Twinkle” Marie Manning, interfaith minister
What a joy to be embraced by the Universalist Unitarian Church of Waterville, Maine to lead their water communion service this year!
The Winds of Summer: a Water Communion Service to Gather The Beloved Community
