by ellefagan & others
Spring Team Play Story, 'Shay Day !'
"Art With Heart"~ safe, quick and easy ~ along several paths:
Browsing this site is always free, however, if you think you might wish to buy, your purchase can do "doubleduty" and help your Favorite Charitable Organization, especially any of those helping in Hurrincane and Disaster Relief.
Art purchase, through this site: 1.Choose the art and contact Artsite to agree on terms, per "contact" link, above.
2. Make the donation, email Artsite a copy of the Donation Receipt and balance of salesprice .
3. Artsite packs and ships the art to you.
Art Purchase, through eBay:
Type "elle fagan" in the eBay Seachbox, always, to see the Elle Fagan Artsite items with Donations Options available.
Through Other GivingWorks purchase: eBay sponsors a very famous project called "Giving Works", which offers all categories of items.
Most of the major charities have become involved, so you can either find your item and shop, and the purchase will go to its designated charity, or you can find your favorite charity, and see what items are listed to their benefit.
Through Simple Cash Gift / no artwork purchase involved: find your favorite Response Organization's Links at USA FreedomCorps.gov or The United Way
Outright Artwork Donation to your Charity:
An Elle Fagan Artsite is also often able to donate art , directly, for your group fundraiser. My work is getting known, and I am the Connectictut Artisan for the 2007 White House Easter Egg Display, and so this path should do a nice job for your cause. I cannot always make outright gifts of art: it depends on my inventory/availability of the artworks, and sometimes, my ability to personally support the group with an outright gift. Also, I am not wealthy, and cannot always afford to make outright gifts of any kind.
However, if I can, I will, so do ask me.
Artsite's "Arts With Heart " project has been able to create donations with these partners, to date; more to come:
The American Red Cross ~ Catholic Charities ~ American Cancer Society ~ Episcopal Church giving portal ~ Rockville United Methodist Church ~ Food For the Poor
I can also make mention of your name as a donor , here at this site, but only with your express permission, arranged at the time the donation is made. I will never use your name , without your permmission.
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...worked so well, would consider doing more events like it. Click to see and read.
Above all... Keep a happy winning Spirit ... Love the Challenge !
-elle
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New Year's Lights
Father Gerry Bourke in Dublin has been enjoying many special thoughts and wishes for this New Year at his email feedback at "Sacred Space"
...He says:"..In the same day's mail a visitor to Sacred Space living in Macau sent me
"....the following journal entry from December 29, 2006, that came to me as I was 'breathing in what I desired and breathing out what I wanted to let go of ' in prayer." It was entitled: LORD, let your Holy Spirit bear fruit in my life . . .
"Breathing in and out"
In: Lord, give me your love
Out: in the face of hate and indifference.
In: Lord, give me your joy
Out: in the midst of the grind of daily life.
In: Lord, give me your peace
Out: even though many things are not as they ought to be.
In: Lord, give me your patience
Out: in a world that measures time by hundredths of a second.
In: Lord, give me your kindness
Out: in the face of competition that brushes aside others.
In: Lord, give me your goodness
Out: in place of my confessed sin and shortcomings.
In: Lord, give me your faithfulness
Out: in a world that capitalizes on unfaithfulness.
In: Lord, give me your gentleness
Out: at those moments of provocation.
In: Lord, give me your self-control
Out: despite the strong message to indulge without reflection.
In: Lord, give me your Spirit
Out: as I surrender to you.
Tobia Vandenberg Veith
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Attributes of the Spirit
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The buttons allow for a quick browse or a relaxed "stop & study".
PRICE CODE explained at
Prices, Terms & Conditions.
If the gallery display stops, it may have "timed-out". Refresh/Reload Page to Resume. Thanksomuch! ~ elle |
For Mothers,Sisters,Daughters and GalPals
The lady reading this is beautiful, classy and strong, and
I love her.
Help her live her life to the fullest.
Please promote her and cause her to excel above her expectations.
Help her shine in the darkest places where it is impossible to love.
Protect her at all times;
lift her up when she needs you the most,
And let her know when she walks with you,
She will always be safe.
You Are Loved!!!!
Someone sent this to me, just at that moment, when it was needed, and it helped!
May it help you as well ... and do share it as you can!
Beatification (October 16,2003) and Sainthood come soon for Mother Teresa
who was, herself, like one of her booktitles,"Something Beautiful For God".
The link, above, is just one source for all you might wish to learn about the most-loved superstar, angel to the great and small.
Power Prayer for our Troops at War
~ from the Bible ~ Psalms 29:3-11
3. The voice of the Lord is over the waters;
the God of glory thunders,
the Lord, over the mighty waters.
4. The voice of the Lord is power;
the voice of the Lord is splendor.
5. The Voice of the Lord Cracks the cedars;
the Lord splinters the cedars of Lebanon,
6. Makes Lebanon leap like a calf,
and Sirion like a young bull.
7. The voice of the Lord strikes with fiery flame;
8. the voice of the Lord rocks the desert;
the Lord rocks the desert of Kadesh.
9. The voice of the Lord twists the oaks
and strips the forests bare.
All in his palace say, "Glory !"
10. The Lord sits enthroned above the flood !
The Lord reigns as king forever !
11. May the Lord give light to his people;
may the Lord bless his people with peace !
So that my heart might sing to you and not be silent. Oh, Lord! My God! I will sing your praises forever!"
~ Bible, Isaiah
I think I subsribed to the Daily E-pistle because of its logo, sharing the dilemma of the past and future, working in the present,
and then thought it might have a friend at this site, since...
If you look at the Macintosh logo, you will see, in its clever design Father, Son and Holy Spirit as One...
"Deus ex machina?"... Latin for "God from a machine"
-My MacG3 is said to be a fine one for manipulating art; so I smiled to myself when I noticed the three-ness in the image,
as a little blessing, perhaps on this project. :-) elle
note:
The Mac logo presents 1.A full-face smiley,the dominant image 2. A smiling profile of a man, facing left,like a secondary male image and 3. what looks like a bird, its beak pointed heavenward in song....
voila! Father, Son and Holy Spirit...Three in One! ~ e.
"THE GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE"
We talk about the perfection of love. At midlife many of my friends are delighted to find there is the maturity and
benefit and ability to do so, for the first time in their lives.
I am quoting the passages here to help me and this note is to remind myself not to give up on the goal, however frustrating and impossible it may seem to achieve.
I know I have a glimmering of mature faith, based on experience,
so that when I read or hear "Nothing is impossible with God.", I feel that certain knowledge in my heart, that this is true...
not a child's hope, or the blind passion of youth, but the true knowledge that comes from experience ...and feel this time
is so special...my health and energies can allow me to put this glimmering of certainty in God's power to good use...
if I am careful as possible, to stay integrated with it all. I am an artist and know patience ...
it is not so difficult to be patient with love, and with those I love, if I love them...and with myself, as I nurture my own spiritual growth.
And please help me to remember that there are many who are completely disinterested in the perfection of anything. They are my salvation, as I strive.
In learning love's ways, help me to learn so that it feeds life, rather than depletes it.
From a holy card found at my church:
Following are passages from Saint Paul 1Corinthians 13:1-7,13
"What if I could speak all languages of humans and of angels?
If I did not love others, I would be nothing more than a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
What if I could prophesy and understand all secrets and all knowledge?
And what if I had faith that moved mountains?
I would be nothing, unless I loved others.
What if I gave away all that I owned and let myself be burned alive?
I would gain nothing, unless loved others.
Love is kind and patient, never jealous, boastful, proud, or rude.
Love isn't selfish or quick-tempered.
It doesn't keep a record of wrongs that others do.
Love rejoices in the truth, but not in evil.
Love is always supportive, loyal, hopeful, and trusting.
For now there are faith, hope, and love.
But of these three, the greatest is love."
There was a link here to a site of Alternatives in health spirituality and more !It has been removed because it has degenerated and is not really helpful as a reference.
I am Catholic, which means "universal",
and so I hope I honor all approaches, whether I practice them myself or not. But I am not encouraged to support the obscene or profane. Comment Welcome.
Visit Belief Net and opt for Earth-Based Religions, in the left column, to learn about our ancestors' ways to path their Spirits to the Source of Creation - the Great Spiritual Powers, as they experienced them.
I am not Native American, but love and honor those among us who are, and so many Americans are so, wholly, or in part, by marriage since colonial days, that it would be negligent to do otherwise. So much of what we live by today was of their making, and most exciting and interesting to any who respect LIfe and themselves. Someone found this for me. Sharing it here, with you, and I hope it makes you want more.
Let Me Walk In Beauty
Native American Prayer of Chief Yellow Lark
Oh, Great Spirit
Whose voice I hear in the winds and whose breath gives life to all the world.
Hear me.
I am a man before you, one of your many children - I am small and weak. I need your strength and wisdom. Let me walk in beauty and make my eyes ever behold the red and purple sunset.
Make my hands respect the things you have made, my ears sharp to hear your voice. Make me wise, so that I may know the things you have taught my people - the lesson you have hidden in every leaf and rock.
I seek strength not to be superior to my brothers, but to be able to fight my greatest enemy - myself. Make me ever ready to come to you with clean hands and straight eyes, so when life fades as a fading sunset my spirit may come to you without shame.
- Native American Prayer
Translated by Chief Yellow Lark in 1887
Native American Missionary and Medicine Man
Lakota Tribe
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