Mar 19, 2017 | Lent, love, prayer
I saw you trying to catch my eye, trying to hold my gaze long enough for the shields to drop, but you were too late — or perhaps too early — and I could not meet you honestly. I chased after you, to be sure, and I called your name, but I kept my distance...
Mar 15, 2017 | confession, grace, Lent, love, prayer, vocation
What example shall I be, O LORD, for the blessing of your name? If an example of grace, I might be tempted to idolize and (try to) enact a perfect persona. If an example of faith, I might fold doubt beneath my coat or tuck it into my pockets like cold hands in winter,...
Mar 12, 2017 | courage, joy, love, peace
In the face of fear, love is here and love is enough. Through the midst of trouble, peace is abiding and peace is enough. When the path is uncertain, faith is attendant and faith is enough. Between regret and lament, joy is surprising and joy is enough. ‘Til the...
Mar 3, 2017 | Lent, love, prayer
Close to You, I am close to tears for Your beauty moves me like a sunrise, like a baby’s breath, like the second movement of Beethoven’s seventh and never will I be able to fully articulate how Your grace renders my heart useless except to cry. I miss You...
Feb 19, 2017 | love, prayer
You, O LORD, are God and you are my God so teach me to love my enemy, which is my own spirit: to love my spirit despite her cowardice and to believe that she is capable of fierce strength for bold living. Teach me to love my enemy, which is my own heart: to love my...
Feb 15, 2017 | books, love, review
Time and time again, I am blessed to know the good people and the beautiful work of Paraclete Press. Most recently, I am moved by the thoughtfulness of word and art in Paraclete’s new book, Love Never Fails: A Journal to be Inspired by the Power of Love by Hilda...
