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...
Sep 19, 2014 | Bible, healing, lament, prayer
Do you see me GOD?! Do you see how grumpy I am?! You should stop what you’re doing and look at me. I’m pissed off and cursing and kicking the dirt. Do you know why?! Look at me, GOD. Listen to me. Right. Now. Listen to me. Do you know why I’m...
Apr 11, 2014 | healing, images of God, Lent, prayer
“Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city. On either side of the river is the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit; and the leaves of the tree are...
Apr 2, 2014 | healing, Lent, mental health, prayer, vocation, wholeness
Not the life of ghosts, O my God, but the life of being do I wholly seek. To live not in apparition or fleeting vision but in flesh and in tangible connection. Let dry bones crumble to dust; do not waste time rebuilding muscle but start fresh! Start fresh in me, I...
