Apr 13, 2014 | Lent, poem, psalm
Palm branches stretch wide in joyful honor, their praises rooted deep in the soil: life sprung from the richness of ashes, a shower of leaves falling, returning to dust, our humanity on full and foolish parade: with each breath of hosannas our best ovation to...
Apr 12, 2014 | Lent, love, prayer
I miss you. Do you know? Are you too busy? It’s been so long since we’ve spoken. You have not sent even a whisper my way. When we were close, I had peace. When you were near, I had joy. Have you forgotten? Don’t you care? Did I fail to love you...
Apr 11, 2014 | healing, images of God, Lent, prayer
“Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city. On either side of the river is the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit; and the leaves of the tree are...
Apr 10, 2014 | faith, Lent, psalm
Your faithfulness outlasts the length of night and outreaches the horizon’s span. I cannot see the extent of it yet I walk always within it, unable to traverse beyond its bounds. Let my dry tongue loosen and laugh aloud! Let my tired bones shake and dance! Your...
Apr 9, 2014 | grace, Lent, prayer, wholeness
Is there grace for me to be scattered? Is there even gift in it somewhere? I want to be gathered in, drawn close, secured and grounded, but instead I am scattered like pollen on the cool spring breeze. The stories you tell of scattered peoples decry unfaithfulness and...
