Dec 7, 2014 | Advent, news, prayer
The voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the LORD! Make the paths of God just! For the world has washed its byways with blood, and the church has corroborated the violence with self-glorifying theological lies! Stand in the streets and cry,...
Dec 6, 2014 | Advent, prayer
What I long for today you did yesterday What I wait for tomorrow you are creating now What I remember as a fog you are dreaming as a vision While I wait for you you have moved ahead While I hustle and run you breathe in patience When my morning drags you have a...
Dec 5, 2014 | Advent, prayer
I cannot do it all; I cannot even do enough The mere thought keeps me up at night No way to repay God’s grace or to draw even So I wonder often whatever can You do with one who is so indebted? I cannot make recompense — not only for your grace but also for...
Dec 4, 2014 | Advent, news, prayer
Comfort, comfort o my people Cry out for their sake Do not offer a hug, a prayer, even a sentiment of justice, but offer your voice of grief and protest to bring comfort in the face of mountains of violence and stony paths of barricades and mazes of stumbling blocks...
Dec 3, 2014 | Advent, prayer, thanksgiving
“I give thanks to my God always for you…” Too often (I confess to believing) there is not enough time to sit to be with you to talk to listen to let time pass unattended But increasingly I remember what I am missing: stillness receptiveness...
