Dec 31, 2015 | comfort, discipleship, images of God, mystery, prayer
Would that I could escape this second, stretch out from the bubble that is this hour, and touch the hem of your robe there where you wade on the horizon, there where you watch the world go by out-of-sequence, there where you midwife death into birth and mourning into...
Dec 31, 2014 | mental health, prayer
The despair of the new year is that I will still be me while the hope is that You will mercifully still be You.
Dec 30, 2013 | Epiphany, liturgy, Monday Muse
Have I mentioned that I’m not a fan of the New Year’s holiday? Really I can take it or leave it. For one thing, it’s a whole lot of hype & fireworks & store sales just to hang up a new calendar. For another, I might be a little resistant to...
Jan 1, 2013 | poem, quotation
What can be said in New Year rhymes, That’s not been said a thousand times? The new years come, the old years go, We know we dream, we dream we know. We rise up laughing with the light, We lie down weeping with the night. We hug the world until it stings, We...
Nov 9, 2012 | Advent, Christmas, poem, psalm
Already I’m eager for turkey and stockings, for pumpkin pie next to apple pie, for mulled cider and secretive shopping, for “Hark the Herald Angels Sing” and “Silent Night.” But first let me remember: no messenger or angel, no holiday...
