Apr 9, 2021 | love, poem, theodicy
Light runs out before love is finished — some days, I think, even before love begins — and the horizon blazes with the angry grief of time we wish we’d had, moments we missed, stories we didn’t begin to write together or could’ve written...
Jun 30, 2020 | poem, sermon, women
Milcah sang a lullaby to her granddaughter Rebekah, born to Bethuel, You are a queen, gifted and beautiful, a sovereign over kings. You are the gladness of ancestors, and the celebration of the future. And Rebekah believed her grandmother Milcah, owned the inheritance...
Dec 25, 2019 | Christmas, Jesus, love, poem
Be not afraid, o my soul, to hold Love close to your breast, to wonder at its fingers and toes and eyes, to marvel at Love’s sweet breath. Swaddle Love gently, tightly, as though it is the labor of your womb, the offspring of your heart, the flesh of your flesh,...
Sep 6, 2019 | images of God, poem
thrown, pressed, molded, pinched round again for the seekers of both beauty and metaphor never done ever imperfect always tossed to new purpose
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 ...
Dec 28, 2018 | poem, prayer
Let the sun and moon beam with pride: God has come! Let the sea monsters and stormy winds howl with the wildness of it: God has come! Let those who have been weary dance the good news and those whose throats have been parched sing it together: God has come! Let mighty...
