Mar 21, 2013 | Lent, prayer, vocation
I am about to do a new thing; do you not perceive it? I put my hands on my hips in a position of prayer: “Really? Where is it? I don’t see it!” I am about to do a new thing; do you not perceive it? I put my hands over my eyes in a position of prayer:...
Mar 20, 2013 | Lent, nature, prayer
The mourning dove catches the dawn’s red in the gleam of her feathers and adds her opinion to the chatter of birds amidst the still-sleeping maples. If their conversations were not so delightful or their songs so encouraging in the morning, I might guess, God,...
Mar 19, 2013 | images of God, lament, Lent, prayer
Oh my God, my God: how I miss the warmth of our relationship when we were cohorts in the mischief of bold faith, back before life became too tired for laughter, before friendship was relegated to Facebook. These days, I merely “poke” you with a prayer and...
Mar 18, 2013 | church, Lent, nature, prayer
Strengthen your Church, O Christ, to be a stalwart network of roots so that the spirit of our living blooms with broad shade trees for the weary and rich fruit vineyards for the hungry. Let us welcome the birds in their nests to share a vision of the landscape, and...
Mar 17, 2013 | comfort, images of God, Lent, scripture
The Host invites: “Come, East and West! Come, North and South! Come, Sister and Brother! Come, Weary and Wandering! Come, Orphan and Widow! Come, Broken and Beset! Come, Troubled Heart! Come, Forgotten! Come as you are, Come and...
