Sep 8, 2017 | grace, hope, prayer
The earth trembles my heart to the point of crumbling and I pray, O LORD, that You multiply the pieces.
Apr 23, 2017 | hope, Jesus, prayer
I see you as you go before me. I touch you as the ground beneath me. I hold you as the wound between us. I greet you as the peace within us. Jesus my brother, Christ my savior, I believe in you and in your resurrection … most of the time. Help my unbelief, for...
Jun 3, 2016 | hope, images of God, Jesus, psalm, Spirit
I relocate hope Take it back from finite places and finite people where I imagined it belonged Wash off the crud and cynicism it’s gathered Place it in that Holy Fire where it can be an incense warming and emanating a sweet perfume I unpack faith from the boxes...
Apr 8, 2016 | hope, peace, prayer, Spirit
Is there mercy, God? O Christ, show us mercy! Be the bearer of grace, sweet Spirit. Is there peace, God? Christ, tell us there can be peace! Inspire our voices to join in song, sweet Spirit. Is there hope, God? O Christ, how far away is hope? Draw us together...
Dec 18, 2015 | Advent, hope, nature, prayer, theodicy
There must be you. There has to be you. Without you, how will I sleep at night? How will I rest if not in the knowledge that you are there — beside, behind, before, long ago and forever? Without you, how will I laugh in the storm? Only the impossibility of you...
Dec 1, 2015 | Advent, hope, prayer
Hope knocked at my window last night but the dreamcatcher must’ve been turned in the wrong direction for only despair found its way to my dreams. Again. After many nights like this I am converted: let me no longer wait for hope to find me on my pillow let me no...
