Aug 16, 2013 | lament, news, scripture
Rachel runs through Cairo, her covering and shoes long since discarded as she rushes from mosque to square to church to street, overwhelmed in the whirl of bloodshed and rage, eyes blurred by mourning. Her lament is heard beyond Egypt; she wails at the sight of each...
Jul 26, 2013 | lament, prayer, vocation
Hear the silence in my heart, Most Holy, the reverberating sound of “I don’t know.” Do not call me from this cave or tease my heart with angels, for I am determined to rest. The familiar has become foreign to my soul and home is a bitter dream...
Jul 20, 2013 | lament, news, prayer
We confess. We confess that we harbor fear. We confess that we choose suspicion and distrust. We confess that we love sparingly. We confess. We confess that we expect injury. We confess that we rush into, even seek out, war. We confess that we value defensiveness. We...
May 21, 2013 | lament, news, poem
1:07am Tonight we sleep with the lights on to keep our ancient enemy at bay: white bulbs blue screens glowing against the night. There is no rhyme & no reason, only the certainty that the earth is against us, that daily survival is our highest calling. Amidst the...
Apr 17, 2013 | lament, news, peace
Let us wail in repentance and quickly; Let us submit to sackcloth and appeal to God; Let us not dry our tears but rather confess that we have cried for Boston, not Bangalore or Aleppo; we have mourned the deaths of white children but kept silent while brown &...
Apr 16, 2013 | lament, nature, news
Sadly, prayers of lament can be used more than once. I reworked this lament in the wake of yesterday’s nightmare in Boston: Don’t ask the crocus, “Where is God?” as though the crocus can respond to our cries echoing over the flower beds. The...
