Dec 14, 2016 | Advent, images of God, joy, prayer, psalm
the LORD is my light o God my God, what I wouldn’t give to see your warmth and light on long sleepless nights when only the winter cold keeps me company. yet you greet me faithfully in every dawn, you meet my eyes as though we haven’t spent a single moment...
Dec 7, 2016 | Advent, images of God, mystery, nature, prayer, vocation
No amount of straining or swimming, of longing or praying can free me from the currents of life that I think myself so adept in navigating. For the stream runs on without a care and the storms come (inevitably, invariably) to show off their lack of care and deference....
Nov 28, 2016 | Advent, images of God, prayer, psalm
like a spark to the fire like cool water to the dry tongue like a seed in winter to the cardinal like a red rose to the lover so are the signs of your goodness, O God
Nov 18, 2016 | discipleship, images of God, Jesus, lament, prayer
I wondered if you would come. I wondered if you would just sidle up quietly unexpectedly and sit by my side to watch the river. Of course if you decided to take time with me I would wonder immediately how long you might stay because no one stays. We go, we leave, we...
Oct 16, 2016 | discipleship, images of God, prayer
Uproot what is evil, plant what is new within us, Imaginative Creator, Patient Farmer. Grow your love in our hearts, work your laws of grace through our lives, O Glorious Vine, Essential Root of Life. Set your words on our tongues, whisper your hope in our ears,...
Aug 19, 2016 | images of God, nature, prayer
Bless the LORD, o my soul, and forget not the One who instructs your heartbeat by the pulsing dance of starlings. Bless the LORD, o my soul, and forget not the One who teaches your soul in the stillness of the great blue heron. Bless the LORD, o my soul, and forget...
