Apr 19, 2013 | healing, peace, psalm
How very good and pleasant it is when kindred live together in unity! It is like a pianist pouring beauty into the world with every note, with every phrase rehearsed, reworked, with every scale spilled deliciously into a song like a mountain stream tumbling out over...
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 5, 2013 | blessing, peace
Peace be with you. Behind doors closed & locked in fear, peace dwell with you. On this path where the footing is tricky, peace walk with you. Through the mist with its disorienting shadows, peace gaze calmly with you. At the table, whether crowded or quiet, peace...
Mar 10, 2013 | images of God, Lent, peace
I made a fort under the kitchen table with blankets clothes-pinned shut, fenced in by upended chairs & couch cushions. I hid inside my childlike fort and announced, “You can’t get me in here! You can’t see me!” But You righted the chairs...
Mar 2, 2013 | Lent, peace, psalm
Come, o my soul! Be still in the presence of your God. Have faith that the grace of God is unfailing, unmatched, and wholly life-giving. Breathe, o my soul. Be at peace. Be at peace.
Feb 14, 2013 | Lent, peace, writing
Striving for fullness… Striving for wholeness… Striving for fullness… Striving for wholeness… Striving for fullness… Striving for … a remnant? Striving for only part? Good Lord, God! How you interrupt me and capsize the ways that I...
