Dec 31, 2011 | blessing, faith
With the rising sun as with the rising new year: may your faith be bright-eyed with hope; may your voice be quick with song; may your every breath take in grace; may your eyes see wonder, your ears hear the trees whisper, and your hands open wide to convey welcome;...
Dec 29, 2011 | Christmas, love, poem
So Love has come,finally,fully,no longer a heavenly conceptor ontological mysterybut a Lifeof breath and fleshshowing that Love livedis possiblein the fullest –not nuanced or strategized,not compromised or politicized,but simply expressedin touchin breadin...
Dec 24, 2011 | Advent, Christmas, sermon
At last!Like a sigh,like a reconnection,like the end of a work week,like a moment of peace amidst a noisy household,like a purple crocus breaking through the chilly spring ground,like a child who has been waiting to open a present,like a pregnant woman finally...
Dec 24, 2011 | Advent, joy
“Fear not!”I am holding on to it.”Fear not!”I am resting with the satisfaction of it.”Fear not!”I am challenged, awestruck by it.”Fear not!”I am freed to sing it.