Feb 29, 2016 | church, Lent, prayer
Side by side like strangers in a waiting room I sit next to you. Not a word or even a nod of recognition just shared breath and a common view, and it is enough. on Matthew 26:38b, “Stay awake with me.”
Feb 28, 2016 | confession, images of God, lament, Lent, prayer
How is it within you, O God, to imagine land flowing with milk and honey, bright rivers spilling over with satisfying life to make harvests abundant and people glad to no longer know thirst? How is it, O God, that your holy imagination and your living heart can...
Feb 27, 2016 | Lent, prayer, Spirit
I lean into the Wind: catch me. I listen for the Wind: lead me. I throw my arms wide to the Wind: welcome me. I smile at the Wind: surprise me. on Isaiah 55:3
Feb 26, 2016 | grace, Lent, nature, prayer, resurrection
My God and my delight, my rock and my blessing: you who can grow a daffodil where a thorn has been planted, you who can dance with new life after death has decreed its sentence: help my spirit watch eagerly for your love though my mind expects your absence; tune my...
Feb 25, 2016 | confession, Lent, prayer
Take my thoughts, O God, my thoughts and my dreams too — I have no good use for them. They keep me up at night and wrestle with my spirit all day long. I don’t want to know these longings and these disappointments any more, not the worries or the fears...