Feb 23, 2010 | faith, Lent, prayer
I struggle for you in the gray,O LORD my God and my Creator,O Longing of my heart.Give me a bright blue dayand I can see your cloud!Even the dead of nightand I can find your fire!But the gray…Grant me patience and creativityfor sensing you amidst the chilly...
Feb 22, 2010 | Lent, prayer, psalm
Softly my heart sings to you, o God:”Blessed be the LORD.”My praise is not always loudand my joy does not always dance,but oh! my God, how beautiful you arein this dayin a subtle fluttering of Spiritin a gentle moment of love!How blessed am Iby a simple...
Feb 21, 2010 | Lent, prayer
Two feet of snow still on the ground, andthe birds are singing the awakening of spring.God, bless me with the same audacity.
Feb 20, 2010 | Lent, prayer
God of the mountains, God of the plateaus:In the wilds we cry out to youfor angelsto feed us in our wanderingto reveal a spring of lovingkindessso that this wilderness of a worldmight be flooded with compassionthat drowns out selfish powerand satiates the thirsty and...
Feb 19, 2010 | Lent, psalm
I will praise my God for being enough:This day I am blessed with light enoughto warm the winter’s depression.This day I am blessed with love enoughto participate fully and engage joyfully.This day I am blessed with strength enoughto walk and courage enough to...