Apr 5, 2017 | lament, Lent, news, peace
From 30,000 feet in the air, you do not look like an image of God. You barely look like the landscape, and the landscape is just a background to the video game of drone warfare. From 30,000 feet in the air, your tears are only a poster image to convict my prayers....
Apr 4, 2017 | Lent, nature, prayer, psalm
Longer than the night, more welcome than the dawn, Your steadfast love endures forever. Farther than the horizon, more abundant than the ocean, Your steadfast love endures forever. More impressive than the stars, truer than a plumbline, Your steadfast love endures...
Apr 3, 2017 | faith, Lent, nature, prayer
Does the sun still shine? [Hold on, let me go stand outside.] Do the tides still sway? [I’d have to put my toes in the ocean.] Does joy still bubble in laughter? [When’s the last time you told me a joke, God?] Does Hercules still saunter on the horizon at...
Apr 2, 2017 | Lent, prayer, resurrection
Bone upon bone, I build a prayer. Give it breath, O Spirit. I wait for hope like the sleepless wait for morning. I long for grace like lovers long for embrace. I listen for your voice like springtime listens for the robin. I bring flesh to meet spirit like tears meet...
Apr 1, 2017 | faith, Lent, prayer
Five for two, sparrows for pennies. One for ninety-nine, lost lamb for the entire flock. Lifetime security for a daily gift, a barn full of grains for a breath of life. Ultimately: worry for faith, a wardrobe for a lily’s glory. Merciful God, save me from myself...
