Aug 12, 2016 | confession, prayer
Stay away, God. There is no sin here that you have not seen and it is embarrassing to have you look. Truly there is no need for you to draw near: you would only add to this humiliation — your touch would sting like salt on this wound that is my spirit, broken...
Jul 31, 2016 | confession, prayer
Have mercy, O God, for destruction is our due yet we hope in every sunrise that the new day will bring new life. Have mercy, O Christ, for our separations are our death yet we strive to live and love and leap as though free from wounds, as though invincible. Have...
Jun 24, 2016 | confession, lament, news, racism
Though we pressed our bibles to your hands and promised you life in the deep chilly river we never meant to love you and prayed Christ would forgive you for not being like us, not even at the threat of death. Though we survived by your blood and thrived on your...
Jun 10, 2016 | confession, faith, prayer, scripture
for judgmental faith, forgive me for envious faith, forgive me for comparative faith, forgive me for dissatisfied faith, forgive me for stationary faith, forgive me for restrained faith, forgive me on Luke...
May 27, 2016 | confession, prayer
I waited for you today, found a quiet place to sit in peaceful wonder. I watched the world while waiting and oh! how beautiful the world because you are in it: the starling is a black jewel in the sunlight, the street a circus of sound & light & people, the...
Apr 17, 2016 | confession, faith, prayer, scripture
Because we lose hope, all the angels sing: “Glory!” Because we lose our way, all the angels sing: “Wisdom!” Because we cede to fear, all the angels sing: “Thanksgiving!” Because doubts arise, all the angels sing:...
