Apr 8, 2012 | faith, joy, prayer, resurrection
My heart laughs to say it:Christ is risen!My soul sighs to hear it:Christ is risen!My toes wiggle with the joy of it:Christ is risen!O my God! What a glad morning this is!Now at last, Death is finished!Now at last, the mourners can rejoice!Now at last, the stones...
Apr 7, 2012 | hope, Lent, nature, prayer
I watch for a sign in the stillness:a quick flutter,a breeze,any stirring at allthat suggests change,any slight hint that what isis not the same as what will be.Let there be a new dandelion today, O God,or even the shadow of a thunderstorm on the horizon.Rustle a bush...
Apr 6, 2012 | Jesus, lament, Lent, prayer
There comes a point at which I cannot cry anymore;the heart is too broken to shed any more tearsas it rends and bleeds to pieces;the soul is too weary to resist knowingthe painful truth that lies before it;the hands are too tired to pound the chestor the floor or the...
