Lent 36

I am blessed this day by the nappy-headed Christ, by Her bubbling spirit and Her earnestness for life. Through this growing incarnation, O Blessed Christ, you compel my attention to beauty and heartache, to the fullness of now and the yearning of not yet. Break my...

Lent 35

Aha! Life of my life, Delight of my days! How you surprise me at every turn, imagining what I have not considered: new life amidst death, snowfall in spring, brokenness leading to birth. I am grateful that you are as you are, unlimited and unpredictable and holy...

Palm Sunday

And the rocks cry out: May our praise vibrate through earth’s core in echo of waves crashing to the shore! May our strength give witness to a Holy Persistence, and our pathways give praise to the delight of Thy Ways! From the height of the mountain to the stars...

Lent 34

In preparation for Holy Week: Give me courage to be wholly attentive: glad to celebrate what is coming, open to the lesson, willing to witness pain, careful to recognize turmoil, surrendering to allow for mystery, understanding that the Spirit moves even now, even...

Lent 33

Mercy: the banks have locked out the poor. Mercy: the warlords are silencing the prophets. Mercy: the righteous are devouring the hungry. Mercy: the nations have suited themselves. Mercy: the ordained have stolen God’s name. Mercy: the branches are bombing their...

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