Dec 8, 2017 | Advent, prayer
I pine for You with every prayer spoken, every candle lit, every hymn intoned, every silence observed. My heart would burst in the waiting if I did not know so certainly that you would not fail to arrive. How could you fail — You who are eternally faithful...
Dec 6, 2017 | Advent, nature, prayer
O God my God, tune my heart to follow You like the day follows the long peace of night, like the sun follows its course across the sky, like the cloud follows the inspiration of the wind, like the maple follows winter’s invitation to hibernate, like the warbler...
Dec 5, 2017 | Advent, prayer
Somewhere in the chaos, let me know Peace like the eye of a storm: everything swallowed up in a vacuum that leaves nothing but awe. Somewhere in the shouting, let me know Peace like an ocean: pounding and roaring, an utter lack of forgiveness for any grain that does...
Dec 4, 2017 | Advent, images of God, prayer
I turn to You for a renewing word but Your breath is hot and devastating. I turn to You for a refreshing spring but Your power floods me to drowning. I turn to You for safe haven but Your call steals my security like a thief. I turn to You for a strong foundation but...
Dec 3, 2017 | Advent, confession, prayer
O Burning Fire, O Boiling Rage, in these days of sin there are none who dare whisper your name or draw close to the intensity of your righteousness. We have sworn to you our love but you have found us disloyal — too easily swayed by the passions of worldly...
