May 21, 2013 | lament, news, poem
1:07am Tonight we sleep with the lights on to keep our ancient enemy at bay: white bulbs blue screens glowing against the night. There is no rhyme & no reason, only the certainty that the earth is against us, that daily survival is our highest calling. Amidst the...
May 10, 2013 | Jesus, peace, poem
Peace to your broken heart, and peace to mine. Here in the holiness of flesh that is necessarily torn & bleeding, peace. I weep with you, my dear, because it is the only gift I have to offer. I break with you in longing for hope & delight, in recognition of...
Mar 11, 2013 | images of God, joy, Lent, poem
The highways extend & twist like long sinuous ribbons flaring wide from the sash around the Holy One’s waist; And She twirls and She spins to tease us out of our wandering, catching our hands, tangling our pathways, binding us to Herself and braiding us to...
Feb 22, 2013 | images of God, Lent, poem
Ebenezer* mine Love sublime Stone of Help My life is thine Your presence staid Relieves my days And all the night From fear I’m saved Rock of hope Beloved Stone I mark my path By thee alone Ebenezer sweet By grace increase Courage to follow And peace replete *...
Jan 1, 2013 | poem, quotation
What can be said in New Year rhymes, That’s not been said a thousand times? The new years come, the old years go, We know we dream, we dream we know. We rise up laughing with the light, We lie down weeping with the night. We hug the world until it stings, We...
Dec 23, 2012 | Advent, poem, prayer
O God of the heaven, O Maker of lights, My heart longs to rise And sing your delight.
