Change

I didn’t see change through her eyes until we were right at the precipice. Perhaps it’s a sign of her age that she cannot see beyond tomorrow. Perhaps it’s a sign of my age that I believe I can. In any event, this change is upon us, and to her it...

Sunday Prayer

O Blessed Mystery, O Triune Puzzle, grant us the wisdom to be at peace with questions rather than contriving explanations. We strive to prove ourselves with a show of truth, but the glory of Wisdom — of One who sang the distant stars into being and who rocks the...

Packing

“New things I now declare; before they spring forth, I tell you of them.” (Isaiah 42:9) Dear LORD, please announce those new things in a clear and loud voice. Amidst all of these packed boxes and the unsettled dust of “former things,” it can be...

Tornado

1:07am Tonight we sleep with the lights on to keep our ancient enemy at bay: white bulbs blue screens glowing against the night. There is no rhyme & no reason, only the certainty that the earth is against us, that daily survival is our highest calling. Amidst the...

Pentecost Prayer

Rush upon us. Overtake and consume us, O Holy Fire, until divisions turn to dusty ashes and walls of pride collapse. Spill out over us. Surround and overwhelm us, O Satisfying Fountain, until we waste love’s richness without measuring cost. Dance among us. Well...

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