New Poem: Advent
Full orbed and pregnantly expecting, the world races around in gestation, waiting for the babe of reconciliation to arrive and shepherd us to salvation.
Poetry
New Poem: Psalm of Thanksgiving and Praise
I could never fit all I’m grateful for in one poem like God could never squeeze into only one place or perspective…
New Poem: Put Your Hands Up
Instead, let go, and yes, you can do it, put your hands up
all the way up.
New Poem: Pay Attention
Heed with contemplation how incessant and perpetual and continuing and relentless such a list can be…
Poem by Galway Kinnell: St. Francis and the Sow
The bud stands for all things, even for those things that don’t flower, for everything flowers, from within, of self-blessing;
New Poem: Ode to Becky on Her Birthday
I am very proud of who Becky has become. Happy birthday! I love you!
New Poem: The Covenant of Today
The breeze clatters the leaves across the pavement, swirling in eddies…
New Poem: Be Vulnerable
Let the angels tell them what they need to know. Trust God’s steady hand and correcting rod for thankfully that is not our job.
New Poem: The First Day of My Last Year Homeschooling
This year I am riveted to taking in and treasuring the beauty of its lingering presence with thankfulness and hope.
Poem by Mary Oliver: The Summer Day
Who made the world?
Who made the swan, and the black bear?
Who made the grasshopper?
New Poem: Consent to Go Forward
There is always a solution when we give ourselves consent to go forward.
