Danny N. Schweers
Aug 2, 20201 min read
Photo Prayer / August 2020
The spring equinox has passed, but the hesitant roots of the ferns have yet to send forth fresh shoots. The old fronds still stand,...
Danny N. Schweers
Jun 25, 20201 min read
Photo Prayer / July 2020
Look at me! Look at me! cry the blossoms of the weeping cherry. I was on my way to watch morning prayer on the Internet when the flowers...
Danny N. Schweers
May 28, 20201 min read
Photo Prayer / June, 2020
Let heaven decide our place in the world while we decide to be happy in it. Let us ask, what place is this? Let us ask, who are these...
Danny N. Schweers
Mar 19, 20201 min read
Photo Prayer / May 2020
My hope now is that we can slow the spread of the coronavirus so our hospitals are not overwhelmed, so that everyone who needs it can get...
Danny N. Schweers
Mar 2, 20201 min read
Photo Prayer / April 2020
Sometimes everything seems perfect. Sometimes all the pieces fall into place, as though an unseen hand were guiding our hands, as though...
Danny N. Schweers
Feb 23, 20201 min read
Photo Prayer / March 2020
My wife and I, excluded, stand on the wrong side of a frosted-glass wall. It separates us from those on the other side who are enjoying a...
Danny N. Schweers
Feb 13, 20201 min read
Photo Prayer / March 2020
They took away my Kodachrome but gave me Photoshop instead. Now I can make the colors as bright and sunny as I want. The mute image now...
Danny N. Schweers
Feb 1, 20201 min read
Photo Prayer / February 2020
At the party we were alight with joy. “Thank you! Thank you!” we said. We said we’d remember the moment always and, having experienced...
Danny N. Schweers
Jan 2, 20201 min read
Photo Prayer / January 2020
Everything is new under the sun. Everything is just beginning. Nothing sits still. We are all in free fall, trusting we will bounce. ...
Danny N. Schweers
Dec 17, 20191 min read
Photo Prayer / November 2019
The moon is an egg waiting to be hatched. Simple geometry is an oxymoron. Where do thoughts come from? Thoughts appear in our minds as...
Danny N. Schweers
Nov 19, 20191 min read
Photo Prayer / November 2019
I love the way grass stems, blown back and forth by the wind, sweep graceful arcs across the sand. May we, blown by the winds of change,...
Danny N. Schweers
Oct 30, 20191 min read
Photo Prayer / October 2019
The old is always new and the new is always getting older. As soon as it appears, the new takes its place in time, which blesses it with...
Danny N. Schweers
May 16, 20171 min read
Photo Prayer / May 2017
Night Tulips Even at night, the tulips show forth their glory. Even in the dark, they dance and sing. Bring out a light and you will...
