Feb 28, 2021 | discipleship, hope, images of God, Lent, theodicy
Your promises I welcome, numerous and good, but the blamelessness I simply cannot manage. Perhaps, O Perfection, we can come to a different arrangement? I could give you my fear and awe — easily; my name and faith, too — several times over; but human...
Feb 12, 2021 | comfort, discipleship, peace, prayer
Let me pitch my tent by a lamppost in the snow somewhere in a dream of witches and wardrobes and wonders that taste of delight and courage. Let me roll out a heavy tarp under a mysterious new moon resting alongside the wise wind and the patient oak tree, until...
Feb 23, 2020 | discipleship, psalm
We climb the mountain to wait. Surrounded by a cloud, we wait. While the nations conspire, we wait. When brightness overwhelms us, we wait. Through the long night, we wait. Until the Spirit speaks, we wait. As we wait, we are already: your witnesses, your inheritance,...
Feb 11, 2018 | discipleship, Jesus, prayer
Stay a little longer with us, Jesus. The night is long and our hope is fleeting. Stay a little longer with us, Jesus. The world is raging and our strength is faltering. Stay with us, Jesus, to give us courage for the all-consuming fire to whip through our lives. Stay...
Feb 26, 2017 | confession, Jesus, prayer
I’m not so sure (when it comes right down to it) that I really want to see You as You are full of glory and might. Just as I shy away from seeing me as I really am and as I could be. Cover Yourself with a cloud, O Christ, so that I can’t see You fully,...
