Feb 18, 2010 | Lent, prayer
O God of symphonies and silence,Fine-tune my ears to hear your harmonies woven between the drone of rushing cars along the highway and the subtle treble songs of birds hidden in the trees.Fine-tune my soul to hear the major chords of eternal triumph swelling through...
Feb 17, 2010 | Lent, prayer
O God, I am not one who gives up—not in the face of a challenge,rarely in the course of an argument,not even for the ritual of Lent—you have, after all, knit stubbornness firmly intothis creature of dust!But this year, I am ready(uncertain, perhaps, but...
Feb 12, 2010 | prayer, theodicy
Still the end of the day comes, still the darkness falls and Orion rises, and a glass of wine does not draw me any closer to communion with You. I am torn between guilt-induced prayer to bridge this silent chasm . . . and mindless silence to turn prayerfully,...
