Mar 7, 2016 | images of God, joy, Lent, psalm
I am enveloped by your sweetness as when a fog cloaks my skin and fills my lungs with its cool silence; I am a pebble lost in the fog, a chip of stonework fallen and forgotten, but for your keen eye and ingenuity; I am a tile reimagined and reused for the beauty of...
Jan 10, 2016 | faith, joy, prayer
Glory, O God, all glory to you from the highest mountains to the wildest oceans and in every heart. You are precious to us, Most Holy God, our wellspring of life and our source of comfort. You are beautiful in the world around us and in the faces of friends &...
Dec 13, 2015 | Advent, joy, prayer, scripture
How long is your joy, O God? How far is your delight? Beyond the horizon to the ends of the day. How strong is your love, O God? How quick is your compassion? More than the lion’s roar as it rushes to its prey. How beautiful is your grace, O God? How sweet is...
Dec 10, 2015 | Advent, joy, prayer
Sing, daughter. Or whisper, if breath and courage fail. Hold on to God’s joy like a life preserver through disaster & storm. Hum a lullaby for surrendering to the Ground that holds the seas, to the Wild Imagination that spins distant galaxies. Tune your...
Oct 23, 2015 | Advent, hope, joy, love, peace, poem
someday there will be hope and so this day i will spin its fairy tale without snark or cynicism with only imagination and trust in what God can do someday there will be peace and so this day i will welcome a stranger i will let my heart break to read the news i...
Mar 8, 2015 | comfort, joy, Lent, mystery, prayer
A wisp of wind, a passing moment, a grace note: let me be glad just to have known it grateful for the warm breath on my cheek for the caring space between words for the music which cannot be held. At your invitation, O God, I will be still and savor this life that is...
