Feb 24, 2016 | confession, Lent, news, prayer, racism
Too long, O LORD, too long! Too long have we covered our ears and hidden our eyes and turned our backs on the world’s hunger for a harvest rich with love & universal kinship. Too long have we preferred the slim pickings of “I got mine,” the weeds...
Feb 23, 2016 | Lent, music, nature, prayer
If I am but a drop of water cascading from a mountain and reflecting the rainbow of your beauty, I am delighted and deeply satisfied. If I am but a leaf that has served its time and has nothing left to do but drift & fall on the gentleness of your winds, I am glad...
Feb 22, 2016 | images of God, Lent, nature, prayer
Ah, LORD God: if you were a bed, I would crawl back to your warmth, never again to face the routine of a Monday morning; if you were coffee, I would immerse myself in your strong energy, never again to grow weary or sullen; if you were sunshine, I would take my whole...
Feb 21, 2016 | images of God, Lent, prayer
Who are you: the bird to the tree or the tree to the bird? The song or the sanctuary? Who are you: the sun to the sky or the sky to the sun? The spotlight or the stage? Who are you: the pen to the paper or the paper to the pen? The creativity or the inspiration? Who...
Feb 20, 2016 | Lent, prayer, writing
Let me pay attention to You one word, one consonant one vowel, one breath at a time — by pencil, by pen in color, in creativity every word to another every thought unspoken every song and then every silence committed to the exploration & expression of...