About: Lenny Scovel

Yesterday I officiated the wedding of two young friends.  It was a themed wedding, done in the Steampunk style, and it was held in the beautiful outdoor setting of Beaver Meadows Resort.  As I sat at my table for the reception after, I found myself taking in the wholeness of the event: toasts were made,… read more

Sometimes we find ourselves in a neutral place: we’re neither happy nor sad, neither challenged nor triumphant.  Where are we to find spiritual growth in these times?  Just as sleep is the time when short term memories are processed into long term storage, so too can the quiet times be when we process recent growth… read more

May today be a joining day: May we join our actions to our longings; May we join our compassion to our justice; May we join our work to our calling; May we join our intentions to our extensions; May we join our forgiveness to our judgement; May we join our hubris to our humility; May… read more

Let today be about making new connections: reaching out in friendship, or being open and receptive to ‘strangers.’  Or perhaps we will discover deeper ties to someone we already know.  We may find new ways of associating, or find ourselves in a new community.  Life isconnecting, so let us invite the broadening and deepening of relationship… read more

Here’s to accidental inspiration: the web of life is infinite, and ultimately unknowable.  Yet, when one strand is pulled here, a hanging dew drop falls there.  Reverberation is the hum of the universe, the white noise of existence.  This is why we must be mindful of our actions and our words.  This is why we… read more

To have lived life is to have experienced the gamut of emotions.  From successes to failures; from joy beyond belief to grief beyond reckoning.  It is often said that we need the difficult times to recognize when we’ve got it good: perhaps a better reconciliation is to think of life as a quilt.  Patterns, colors,… read more

It was a beautiful summer solstice day in Loveland, as we gathered at Osborn Farm for the wedding of Kristen & Ammon.  The sun was high and brilliant, and it promised to be a hot day, but luckily our ceremony was scheduled for the morning.  I arrived early, just to be sure everything was ready to… read more

Effort will be made today.  Energy expended, with hopes of efficacious outcomes.  The trying is all; nothing good can come of not endeavoring.  Not all will go as hoped or planned, but no ill will come from making the attempt.  Life is an ongoing call-to-action, and we must, ultimately, heed the call.  For if we… read more

Yesterday, promises were made.  Will today find them fulfilled?  Or will this day find us regretting we were unable to see them through?  That is the trouble with a promise – it seems to be an all-or-nothing proposition.  Perhaps, instead of making promises, we should look instead to make commitments.  The distinction is found in… read more

What is today?  Today is a promise: A promise to be authentic. A promise to try. A promise to love. A promise to heal. A promise to feel. A promise to think. A promise to act. A promise to listen. A promise to seek understanding. A promise to practice. A promise there will be a… read more