Feb 13, 2015 | courage, faith, hope, justice, prayer
I pray a double portion of spirit and again another for the days are long and the nights drenched with tears too many mothers weeping too many men raging and spirit is needed to keep my ears open, my eyes unblinded, my heart broken A double portion I pray for the...
Dec 15, 2014 | Advent, faith, prayer, psalm
Magnificent! Let my spirit not wilt in its faith; God is still magnificent! Who else can call the earth to its sabbath season of wintery rest? Who else can compose music to set the Seven Sisters dancing in heaven? Who else can tame the great Leviathan and extinguish...
Sep 12, 2014 | faith, Jesus, scripture
Jesus said, “Not seven times but seventy times seven times. Forgive debt and do no harm seventy times seven times. Love your enemy and pray for those who rally against you seventy times seven times. Leave your boats, leave your dead, seventy times seven times....
Sep 7, 2014 | faith, prayer
Endless and unfathomable God, Step by step we measure Tear by tear we count the heartaches the injuries the faults the losses the days, months and years of dire straits like the ancient Israelites in Egypt enslaved for too many generations, like Noah & family with...
Apr 10, 2014 | faith, Lent, psalm
Your faithfulness outlasts the length of night and outreaches the horizon’s span. I cannot see the extent of it yet I walk always within it, unable to traverse beyond its bounds. Let my dry tongue loosen and laugh aloud! Let my tired bones shake and dance! Your...
Feb 26, 2014 | Epiphany, faith, prayer
Before the light of Epiphany fades, before we don the ashes of Lent, O Jesus we pray: light a light for us. Light a light for us that is brighter than our vanities and fabricated pleasures. Light a light that is stronger than our fears and our faith. Light a light for...
