Dec 15, 2019 | Advent, baptism, joy, nature, prayer
Lead us to the water, O Spirit, calm in a pool or flowing in a river or pounding down a waterfall. Lead us to the water where we can bathe, splash, leap and laugh, rinse and relax, soak for hours, until violence is washed clean from our skin and defensiveness is eased...
Mar 18, 2018 | joy, Lent, prayer
How is your joy, God? Have you laughed long & hard today; have you taken time to pause with delight? In your heart, do you overflow with adoration for the baby elephant playing with birds and the child protesting gun prevalence? As you tend the cracked &...
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...
Mar 12, 2017 | courage, joy, love, peace
In the face of fear, love is here and love is enough. Through the midst of trouble, peace is abiding and peace is enough. When the path is uncertain, faith is attendant and faith is enough. Between regret and lament, joy is surprising and joy is enough. ‘Til the...
Dec 25, 2016 | Christmas, Jesus, joy, prayer
Hark! the messenger angels sing. It is finished! Love has come! Our spirits soar, O mighty God, at the magnitude and majesty: there you are among us, the Infant Savior — and here you are among us, the Wonderful Mystery! We are bursting with the news: Love is...
Dec 14, 2016 | Advent, images of God, joy, prayer, psalm
the LORD is my light o God my God, what I wouldn’t give to see your warmth and light on long sleepless nights when only the winter cold keeps me company. yet you greet me faithfully in every dawn, you meet my eyes as though we haven’t spent a single moment...
