What did God mean when He spoke me?
What right have I to be here on this earth? Here, taking up space, demanding time, using resources. What right have I to demand that things be done my way? according to my plan, within my specifications, according to my schedule. I have no right to these. Not any claim on these. Any more than […]
More than alive
I need to see some evidence of life before I can declare it alive. The textbook says that a thing must move, grow, reproduce, metabolize, and respond to stimuli to qualify as alive. I need to … move through difficulty and ease grow in spirit and in strength reproduce and mentor to replace partake only my portion […]
Breath of Creation
A million lights twinkle above me in constellations I once knew. Bright lights from bodies trillions of miles away scatter the early morning darkness. I whirl in wonder at their glorious display. How, O Lord, can I fail to believe you are here? My feet, rooted in dust and dirt, are heavy in the sand […]
Love begets love
I know love when I am in its presence. It smiles at me, holds me in its embrace, takes my hand and wants to show me. It asks me why, tells me when, wonders how. It thanks me and nods its approval. Love leaves me smiling. Love begets love. Ah, but I know its enemy, too. […]
What is Truth?… Amen
Amen. It is so. So be it. Assent. Truth. In this sanctuary, offering prayers, reciting creeds, listening and responding, to words which make no demands of me. They are simply true. No doubt. At the end, we agree. God and me. I say Amen. It is so. So be it. Assent. Truth. This is truth […]
What’s within your reach?
One hand or two? Why… One, please. The better to reach you. to touch, to tap, to hold, to stroke, to lift, to pull, to push, to release. Not a mark on you. No one will ever know it was me, but you. What’s within your reach?
That’s the way I love you
Evil calls to evil; it calls on itself. Good calls to good; it calls out to itself. They reside side by side; Neither will the other abide. The thing I say is not the thing I want to say… The thing I write is not the thing I want to write… The thing I do is not the thing […]
We’re made to flow downhill
We prefer to take the easy way, the smooth path of least resistance. We’re made that way. On the inside, we have particles that flow downhill electrons that take the short route circuits that choose the easy way We’re made to go with the flow, so we’ll operate smoothly. It’s by design that the easy way is the best way, […]
Made to Notice
We notice when something is changing, not when it has changed. We are made this way. To attend to the acceleration, not the constant speed To catch the approach of a predator, not the constant sway of the grass To feel the crawl of a spider, but not the constant warmth of the sun We […]
Provision, by day and by night
Lead us through our wilderness, Lord… to the land you have promised. And the Lord went before them by day in a pillar of cloud to lead them along the way, and by night in a pillar of fire to give them light, that they might travel by day and by night. The pillar of […]