Mar 7, 2016 | images of God, joy, Lent, psalm
I am enveloped by your sweetness as when a fog cloaks my skin and fills my lungs with its cool silence; I am a pebble lost in the fog, a chip of stonework fallen and forgotten, but for your keen eye and ingenuity; I am a tile reimagined and reused for the beauty of...
Feb 13, 2016 | Lent, nature, psalm
Let me take this small step: to delight in a snowflake to marvel in the formation of crystals to stare in wonder as it clings to a hibernating branch that had otherwise believed itself homely. Yes, the beauty of the snowflake is enough for today. on Psalm 104:24,...
Jan 29, 2016 | images of God, psalm
There comes a time when something (Something) must come about, for if nothing (Nothing) comes about, that will be death. We believe so often that change is death, that disaster is death, that Death itself is death, but no — even in Death, something (Something)...
Jan 27, 2016 | psalm, scripture, vocation
With every flight and every new city, I am mercifully one step farther away from you in miles, in memories, in fresh molecules of air on my skin to erase any trace of your breath. [Where can I go from your spirit? How far can I flee from your presence?] Cleveland....
Jan 22, 2016 | images of God, nature, psalm
More ancient than memory are the giants whose sleeping forms are the softly rolling hills and tall jagged mountains that could tell tall tales if anyone bothered to ask them. So deep is their hibernation that no one has seen the giants breathe in years, although the...
Jan 8, 2016 | images of God, psalm
“Ascribe to the LORD” (Psalm 29) might be paraphrased as “Attribute to God” or “Give God credit,” with attribution and credit being represented these days with such things as bylines and footnotes. Footnotes recognize preceding...
