Mar 25, 2018 | discipleship, Easter, Lent, prayer
I don’t have the whole tree but I have a branch. I don’t have the whole song but I have a harmony. I don’t have the whole ocean but I have a stream. I don’t have the whole wardrobe but I have a coat. I don’t have the whole garden but I...
Apr 9, 2017 | discipleship, Jesus, Lent, prayer
“I love you,” I shout, because I don’t know if I can be faithful. “Here’s my coat,” I offer, because I’m not certain that I would give my life. “Hosanna in the highest,” I sing, because I doubt there will be good...
Mar 20, 2016 | Easter, Lent, prayer, psalm
For today at least, let us spare these rocks the trouble of shouting: “Blessed are you, O Christ, sent by God and sent of God, and blessed are we to lay our praises before you like cloaks on the ground. Blessed is the dust on your feet for its knowledge of your...
Mar 29, 2015 | Jesus, Lent, prayer
Hosanna! Blessed be the miracle worker Jesus coming for me! Come for me, Jesus! Hosanna! Blessed be the Savior, my Relief and Rescue, the One who makes trouble disappear, the true and holy Quick Fix before whom I lay down my praise in hopes that You will notice me and...
Apr 13, 2014 | Lent, poem, psalm
Palm branches stretch wide in joyful honor, their praises rooted deep in the soil: life sprung from the richness of ashes, a shower of leaves falling, returning to dust, our humanity on full and foolish parade: with each breath of hosannas our best ovation to...
