Dec 16, 2014 | Advent, love, psalm
In every heartache, the certainty that we have loved. In every lingering doubt, the certainty that love must matter. In every mother wailing, the certainty that love unites us. In every raging outcry, the certainty that love will win. In every waking nightmare, the...
Dec 15, 2014 | Advent, faith, prayer, psalm
Magnificent! Let my spirit not wilt in its faith; God is still magnificent! Who else can call the earth to its sabbath season of wintery rest? Who else can compose music to set the Seven Sisters dancing in heaven? Who else can tame the great Leviathan and extinguish...
Dec 14, 2014 | Advent, joy, prayer
. I can’t. . . O God beyond time, by your grace: May joy not be linear or sequential. May tomorrow’s triumphant reunion find us today. May your still-coming kindom wrap around and inform our yesterday. May the hope of ancient stories undergird our future....
Dec 13, 2014 | Advent, prayer
Ah my Lord, most merciful God, This heart is full of yearning for your salvation to rise like dough that has been kneaded for generations: turned, pressed, rested by the dreams of millions; long we have been waiting to feast in peace and be full. Ah my Lord, Hope of...
Dec 12, 2014 | Advent, confession, prayer, wholeness
O Eternal Knitter, Most Creative Potter, you who gather pieces in the whirl of chaos and create a beautiful new whole: hold me together. I am unraveling, chipping; my shoulders are tight with knots my spirit is raw from spinning and the world is quaking with the...
