Apr 20, 2019 | Lent, prayer
I followed Yours because it was so full of life, so strong and resolute with every pulse. Now it is silent. Mine is too. I fixed mine upon Yours so that it might flower, but now Yours has withered like grass. Must hearts always fade? Has Love’s river withdrawn...
Apr 14, 2019 | communion, Lent, prayer
When we have shouted ourselves hoarseand returned home from the parade,forgive our wavering commitment to love. When we have finished our hymnsand departed from the comforts of worship,forgive our fickle faithfulness. When we have passed the plate of breadand swept up...
Apr 7, 2019 | Lent, prayer
On this Lenten way, O God of every good way we pray for all that is to come: for the path through stormy waters and for those pummeled by the storm until the path becomes clear; for the avenues toward peace and for those surrounded by warring chariots until the rage...
Mar 30, 2019 | Lent, poem
Christ has no focus no eyes no nightmare but yours but yours but yours Christ has no delight no body no distraction but yours but yours ...
Mar 26, 2019 | Lent, prayer
I thought we made a good team You and I, Thou and Thine. It seemed we might partner to your glory Spirit and flesh, Holy and blessed. Yet here we are apart, forsaken by sin, Lover and beloved, Seeker and sought. Can we be together across our division, Creator and...
Mar 21, 2019 | images of God, Jesus, Lent, prayer
Still trying to grow, O Jesus, Gardener of Life. Still trying to heal, O Jesus, Redeemer of Dust. Still trying to serve, O Jesus, Host of the Banquet. Don’t dig up this fig tree yet. Don’t abandon me to my bleeding. Don’t kick me out for lack of a...
