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The Hymn We’ve Been Singing Repeatedly
We sang this hymn throughout our trip, riveted to both the meaning of the words and the beautiful melody.
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Camping Trip 2019 Summary Poem (and Route Map)
This poem and its map summarize a fabulous five week camping trip together with our daughter to eastern Canada.
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For God is All-in-All (poem by Ethel Margaret Soden)
No evil can touch me; no harm can befall, for He is my Father, my Mother,—my All.
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Red Light, Green Light (New Poem by Polly Castor)
That hunch, the gut knowing that yes, I should go ahead with this but absolutely not with that...
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Mysteries (Poem by Mary Oliver)
Let me keep company always with those who say "Look!" and laugh in astonishment, and bow their heads.
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Fragrant Explosion (New Poem by Polly Castor)
A few warm days and boom. The lilacs erupt like detonating fireworks,
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Invisible Work (Poem by Alison Luterman)
...but the unseen unbelievable effort it takes to live the life that goes on between them, I think all the time about...
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Interlude of Utter Unwinding (New Poem by Polly Castor)
When we cease all our trying, we hear better.
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How to Resurrect (New Easter Poem by Polly Castor)
Resist hurt, Refuse to be defeated, Release blame, Assuage guilt...
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A Thousand Ways to Kill Him (Poem by Barbara Brown Taylor)
Today no one flees without being laid bare by his light.
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Anchored Amidst the Tides (Poem by Jennifer Welwood)
Know the silence that lives At the depth of all things...