Mar 11, 2019 | images of God, lament, Lent, prayer
We are underwater. Let there be a Rock that is higher. We are weary and worn. Let there be a Peace beyond understanding. We are frustrated, impatient. Let there be a Seed in every season. We are heartbroken. Let there be a Fire to gather us together. We are frantic,...
Mar 8, 2019 | images of God, Lent, prayer
Listen to the roar of your people’s prayers, O Holy Lamb, as our spirits growl with hunger for your healing. Bend your woolly ear in sympathy as these great egos of dust mew for comfort. We ask: do not mind our snarls or teeth, for in deep pain and distress we...
Mar 6, 2019 | Lent, prayer
o my soul, do not keep quiet your deep confession cry aloud your daily failure to love the life of your neighbor beat your breast before the throne that you have tried to be god toll your heart’s bells until they awaken...
Mar 31, 2018 | Lent, prayer
Let me wrap, and wrap, and wrap this pain. Let me bind it tightly to stop the bleeding that is no longer. Let me anoint this agony with frankincense and myrrh. Let me wash the grit from the wounds so that suffering does not soil the interment, the goodbye, the letting...
Mar 30, 2018 | Lent, prayer, racism
What evil has been done? came the question, but they were too enraged. His innocence was not worth more than their satisfaction, their safety, their righteousness. He must be guilty, because they must be good. Arrest him, they shouted. Let him be a lesson, they said,...
