Feb 21, 2018 | Lent, prayer
Later, you say, later, but how much later until hope is restored until mourning is comforted? Later, you say, later, but how much later until love is confessed until peace is presupposed? Later, you say, later, but in the meantime you look away from me and I do not...
Feb 20, 2018 | joy, Lent, peace, poem
Humility. Remember the dusty Holiness of humanity that has no need to accumulate treasures. Peace. Remember the simplicity of Peace that welcomes grace and returns the same tenfold. Sorrow. Remember the certainty of the Wilderness and patiently walk with someone...
Feb 18, 2018 | discipleship, Lent, prayer
We would follow your ways, O God, across mountain and wilderness, through the floods of baptism all the way to glory’s dawn; We would follow your ways, O God, believing rainbowed promises, convinced of steadfast love, ready for your kin-dom; We would follow your...
Feb 17, 2018 | Lent, prayer
Soul splayed, heart rendered, arms outstretched. Do not leave me so exposed. on Psalm 25:1-3
Feb 16, 2018 | Lent, prayer
In the desolation I pray not to become familiar but to become tranquil in the midst of all that is unknown, unanswered, unresolved, unrequited. In the wilderness I pray You will leave crumbs along the way toward wellsprings of grace to temper the wild worries, to hush...