May 10, 2014 | comfort, peace, scripture
For everything there is not enough time: not enough time to work or to rest, to savor or to surrender, to remember or to dream. Not enough time, not enough! But the One Who Holds All Time whispers: What are you trying to do beyond what I have given you to do? What...
Jan 17, 2014 | comfort, prayer
I take your hand because the way is lonely and it helps to know you’re there. I take your hand because I get cold feet sometimes but your warmth pulses with courage. I take your hand because it makes me blush and turns my steps into a dance. I take your hand...
Nov 20, 2013 | church, comfort, images of God, lament
[the Body is God’s love incarnate] I miss your Body. Not any general Body but your very particular Body. I miss the way your Body smells — your Sunday morning coffee fragrance, the fresh flowers you set out for every season, the incense of bread and wine...
Nov 1, 2013 | comfort, lament, psalm
I miss you, more than I admit. It’s been so long, my Friend. Have you forgotten me over time? Long ago, your eyes lit up when we came together; now it’s clear that your gaze is asleep. I remember how it once was, and in remembering I hope that it may be...
Jun 3, 2013 | comfort, images of God, scripture
“I hear you sigh in thirst, tired of feeling so dry and cracked open, longing for an oasis to appear and refresh your soul. I hear you, and I AM your oasis even here in the desert. I AM the hidden stream for your roots to discover, and I AM your hope for an...
May 28, 2013 | comfort, death, poem
I didn’t see change through her eyes until we were right at the precipice. Perhaps it’s a sign of her age that she cannot see beyond tomorrow. Perhaps it’s a sign of my age that I believe I can. In any event, this change is upon us, and to her it...
