Dec 23, 2015 | Advent, faith, psalm
And when the world is over, when life changes so utterly that we no longer recognize it, when the heavens break just as disastrously as our hearts, when the earth trembles and buckles and knocks the wind from our sails, when death descends to the bitter silence of the...
Dec 21, 2015 | Advent, nature, psalm
The sun rises as the day’s ostinato. The juncos interject their staccato. The clouds soar in descant, whistling from the west. The fox barks out a tempo, the squirrel chatters out of time. Melting snow pings out its melody along the roof and down the rainspout....
Dec 17, 2015 | Advent, images of God, peace, psalm
Come, O Dawn! Sweet and subtle, gently warming, come! Be the slow smile of sun that elicits laughter and delight from weary travelers. Be the hint of hope that we need to put one foot faithfully in front of the other along these long pathways of peace. Come, Dawn!...
Nov 6, 2015 | hope, psalm
Let the storms rumble! Let the rocks quake and roll! What can move me like my God? Let the nights stretch on! Let the traffic come to a standstill! Who knows my time so intimately as God? Let joy be fleeting! Let romance bloom and fade! No whim of fancy delights my...
Oct 16, 2015 | mystery, nature, psalm
Then the LORD answered Job out of the whirlwind: “Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth? Do you know the way to the dwelling of light, to the home of darkness? Can you leap through the heavens to loose Orion or command the Pleiades? Can you soar...
Oct 9, 2015 | nature, poem, psalm
I want to say something profound about change in life, in seasons something that keeps us chasing God as the maples peak and the sun sets a bit of poetry on lights and tunnels, tears and oceans on the mystery of God revealed while life heaps it on; but really to chase...
