Feb 28, 2012 | joy, Lent, mystery
Who knows how brightly the sun might shine this day?Who knows how paths might cross and God-encounters unfold?Who knows what adventure might begin, or what mischiefmight startle me into laughter? God alone! Yes, God alone!So I set my heart at ease and I give praise...
Dec 5, 2011 | Advent, mystery
At night comes the haunting, a ringing of silence, a depth that the daylight does not understand: the intersection of terrible fear and wild possibility: the faint gleam of stars in absence of the sun: a space for dissonance otherwise unimagined and disallowed: the...
Sep 30, 2011 | ministry, mystery, prayer, vocation
I don’t know, God. This is craziness, this life into which you’ve called me, these continual twists & turns through which you rebirth me. I’m uncertain about what it all is, about how I’m doing …and I’m still processing life...
Sep 23, 2011 | mystery, peace, prayer
Ah, God, if only I could find some peace, I swear then I would pass it on to others. If only I could catch my breath, then for sure I’d be more present for a neighbor, a friend. If you’d just give me a respite first, then I promise I’d give more,...
Jul 22, 2011 | mystery, peace, prayer-writing, scripture
I wonder if you ever struggle for us, Holy Mystery, the way we struggle for you. Are we ever beyond comprehension to you, in our anxious counting of dollars or our oblique denial of interdependence? Do you wonder over us, with our frantic scurrying for daily life? I...
May 17, 2010 | mystery, nature, poem, prayer
At first I want to rail against the fog (as though it will make a difference) and cry “My God! My God! Why can’t I see my way clearly?!” . . . until I stop long enough to realize that I can see: the blown-away seed of a dandelion at my feet, the...
