Dec 29, 2019 | Christmas, prayer
So close to your glory, O God, and yet so very far. Rachel’s lament fills our ears from a shul in Monsey, NY to spiked underpasses in London. So close to your glory, O God, and yet so very far. Rachel’s cries resound among the Uygur in Xinjiang, China and...
Dec 25, 2019 | Christmas, Jesus, love, poem
Be not afraid, o my soul, to hold Love close to your breast, to wonder at its fingers and toes and eyes, to marvel at Love’s sweet breath. Swaddle Love gently, tightly, as though it is the labor of your womb, the offspring of your heart, the flesh of your flesh,...
Dec 25, 2018 | Christmas, prayer
in the highest and on earth: glory! from the east and the west: peace! among angels and newborns: praise! in our waking and sleeping: wonder!
Dec 23, 2018 | Advent, Christmas, justice, prayer
O Present and Still Coming Wisdom, contrary to the lessons of this world: From the littlest ones teach us love, and from the meekest show us majesty. In the ire of self-righteousness reveal human foolishness, and in the heartbeat of wealth lay plain hopelessness. To...
Dec 31, 2017 | Christmas, prayer
The Lamb of God has come, alleluia! The Son of Man is born, alleluia! The Redemption of the World is revealed, alleluia! By your name, O Jesus, we are glad and through your life we are satisfied. The prophets see you and rejoice; the powerful recognize you and flee....
Dec 25, 2017 | Christmas, images of God, prayer
In the fullness of time, a Flower blooms: not minding the plans of war or the harvest of grief, not measuring the seasons of power or the generations of wealth’s sin, but simply spreading its petals because time is full and fulfilled. A Flower has bloomed...
