Mar 16, 2015 | images of God, lament, Lent, nature
I wait for you to be the strength of the Lion but you are busy saving your own hide from all who hunt the unconquerable. I watch patiently for your Harp to rise and soothe the world into peace but your lyrics sag with lament. I wonder if you wander like the Big Bear...
Mar 15, 2015 | confession, Lent, nature, prayer, scripture
Turn away, O God, lest you see our follies and vanities, our violences and indifferences. Walk away from us apace, keep your distance, only then will your footsteps create a path for us to follow after you — a faint hint of bent grass through the field, a...
Mar 14, 2015 | confession, Lent, mystery, psalm
Let it be as I do not know without fear vast with wonder wholly holy and thus sufficient.
Mar 13, 2015 | images of God, Lent, nature, prayer
I am certain that I have the faith of a cat by which I mean — I have faith in myself and I invite you, God, to love me if you must but do not expect my flattery or my fawning. Prove yourself to be impressive enough and I might condescend to recognize you, deign...
Mar 12, 2015 | images of God, Lent, prayer
“They have me running here and there,” she tells me. “First I was at the register, then they called me back to stock the aisles, but folks are coming in so I’m still needed at the register, and of course the delivery man just arrived. But now...
