Jun 26, 2015 | confession, poem
“I am not God.” It seems to hint of hubris but in fact this is my hardest, humblest confession: I am not God. Ask me outright if I really want to be and I will deride the idea: “Who in their right mind would want to be God?! Even God doesn’t...
Jun 19, 2015 | hope, love, news
Let me look at you, hold your face in my hands. There you are — the light of God is in your eyes, the beauty of the Word Made Flesh is in your flesh. What a gift you are and what a grace to let me love you — just the brokenness of my heart and of yours...
Jun 18, 2015 | justice, news, prayer, racism, theodicy
I will not cry out to God today who is otherwise occupied in the corner nursing his shame. God knows he has failed and I will not assuage his guilt with prayers, although we might eavesdrop on the Holy One muttering to his triune self: “We didn’t...
Jun 15, 2015 | poem, women
How to say thank you for this moment: my girl, studiously rapt and proud to see women contending on World Cup turf. And never mind scandals — she is dreaming. My girl: studiously rapt and proud to see this image of unapologetic female strength (never mind...
Jun 12, 2015 | nature, prayer, psalm
Thus says the Lord GOD: I will take a sprig from the top of a cedar; I will break off a tender twig from its uppermost branches and plant it on a high mountain. There it will grow into a noble cedar, producing branches and bearing fruit; under it the creatures will...