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...
Dec 10, 2016 | Advent, joy
o my soul open your doors to praise and your gates to delight. let not your strength wane or your hope fade but welcome the wonder of unknowing and satisfy your curiosity with the fullness of the present. o my soul in all your angst and yearning open your doors to...
Dec 8, 2016 | Advent, joy, prayer
You catch me up in your love and grace so much that I blush and giggle with the carefree delight that escapes my lips at your invitation. Life being the tumult that it is, I’m amazed how you infiltrate my spirit’s cynicism with your mischief. Never stop....
Mar 17, 2016 | images of God, joy, Lent, peace, psalm, Spirit
There’s my Peace: rising with the sun and kissing my face on the breeze. There’s my Peace: laughing in conversation and warming hands with mugs of hot tea. There’s my Peace: standing in determined solidarity and raising her fist against the pressures...
Mar 7, 2016 | images of God, joy, Lent, psalm
I am enveloped by your sweetness as when a fog cloaks my skin and fills my lungs with its cool silence; I am a pebble lost in the fog, a chip of stonework fallen and forgotten, but for your keen eye and ingenuity; I am a tile reimagined and reused for the beauty of...
Jan 10, 2016 | faith, joy, prayer
Glory, O God, all glory to you from the highest mountains to the wildest oceans and in every heart. You are precious to us, Most Holy God, our wellspring of life and our source of comfort. You are beautiful in the world around us and in the faces of friends &...
