Jun 3, 2016 | hope, images of God, Jesus, psalm, Spirit
I relocate hope Take it back from finite places and finite people where I imagined it belonged Wash off the crud and cynicism it’s gathered Place it in that Holy Fire where it can be an incense warming and emanating a sweet perfume I unpack faith from the boxes...
May 22, 2016 | images of God, Jesus, Spirit
Father, Son, Ghost: All praise to you for mercy & love! Mother, Healer, Sage: All praise to you for creation & strength! Rock, Wellspring, Witness: all praise to you for grounding & belonging! Depth, Breadth, Glory: all praise to you for joy &...
Apr 8, 2016 | hope, peace, prayer, Spirit
Is there mercy, God? O Christ, show us mercy! Be the bearer of grace, sweet Spirit. Is there peace, God? Christ, tell us there can be peace! Inspire our voices to join in song, sweet Spirit. Is there hope, God? O Christ, how far away is hope? Draw us together...
Mar 17, 2016 | images of God, joy, Lent, peace, psalm, Spirit
There’s my Peace: rising with the sun and kissing my face on the breeze. There’s my Peace: laughing in conversation and warming hands with mugs of hot tea. There’s my Peace: standing in determined solidarity and raising her fist against the pressures...
Mar 3, 2016 | Lent, prayer, Spirit
This moment of prayer stretches like a lover in the morning, a suspension of time, a lingering sigh, an unhurried savoring of the knowledge that you are present and not leaving without the promise of your love and of your return to watch the nightmares with me once...
Feb 27, 2016 | Lent, prayer, Spirit
I lean into the Wind: catch me. I listen for the Wind: lead me. I throw my arms wide to the Wind: welcome me. I smile at the Wind: surprise me. on Isaiah 55:3
