Mar 15, 2017 | confession, grace, Lent, love, prayer, vocation
What example shall I be, O LORD, for the blessing of your name? If an example of grace, I might be tempted to idolize and (try to) enact a perfect persona. If an example of faith, I might fold doubt beneath my coat or tuck it into my pockets like cold hands in winter,...
Mar 23, 2016 | discipleship, Lent, prayer, vocation
I would pray, “God, save me!” Help me pray, “God, be glorified.” I would pray, “Christ, comfort me!” Help me pray, “Christ, hear my sister.” I would pray, “Spirit, teach me!” Help me pray, “Spirit, send...
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....
Mar 23, 2015 | Lent, prayer, vocation
Take my boat (yes, the one I’m still bailing) and use it for your teaching; turns out it’s no good for fishing anyway. Take my days (yes, the ones I’m grinding through) and use them for your witness; these days certainly aren’t turning for my...
Oct 10, 2014 | confession, healing, mental health, prayer, vocation, wholeness
Worrying and twisting my soul over all that is and all that may be and all that needs to be paperwork homework new projects continuing projects self improvement projects write less weigh less exercise at all eat healthier fold laundry make dinner pay attention connect...
Apr 2, 2014 | healing, Lent, mental health, prayer, vocation, wholeness
Not the life of ghosts, O my God, but the life of being do I wholly seek. To live not in apparition or fleeting vision but in flesh and in tangible connection. Let dry bones crumble to dust; do not waste time rebuilding muscle but start fresh! Start fresh in me, I...
