Dec 10, 2017 | Advent, healing, justice, prayer
You are the beginning of all life, O God, and the foundation of all hope. You are the joy from which springs peace and the peace from which blooms love. We turn our hearts toward you: Be kind to these weary bones, we pray. This life withers like grass and our spirits...
Mar 14, 2017 | healing, prayer
Where you have broken my heart, O God, a callus has formed instead of a soft scar. Probably not what you intended, but then healing is unpredictable and necessitates ongoing treatment, persistent grace, and the massage of lovingkindess over time. I pray that you do...
Mar 14, 2016 | healing, Jesus, Lent, prayer
I’m sorry that you hurt, God. I don’t know how you bear it but I do know that I’ve been distracted by my own aches. I’m sorry that I can’t do much to ease your pain. I’m sorry that it’s so significant and so constant. Here:...
Mar 1, 2016 | healing, Lent, prayer
What else can you make of this mess, O God? We trust — Lord help us, we have to trust — that you see the mess, that you can imagine something different from this ridiculousness, and more than that: we trust that you consider this particular chaos, this...
Mar 26, 2015 | healing, images of God, Lent, music, poem
My heart skips — 33 — not the wild leap to express joy but the weary limp to avoid a pain the wince — 33 — the accommodation of a long-standing scar Like scratched vinyl and a track that misses its beat so — 33 — familiar that I...
Oct 10, 2014 | confession, healing, mental health, prayer, vocation, wholeness
Worrying and twisting my soul over all that is and all that may be and all that needs to be paperwork homework new projects continuing projects self improvement projects write less weigh less exercise at all eat healthier fold laundry make dinner pay attention connect...
