The Third Dimension
Lord, you pull me upward as circumstances pull me outward. Lo, there is a third dimension. Downward. Bent in silence. Focus me there. Where I am Deeply dependent on you.
Holy Eavesdropping
Listen to me. (Silence. Searching. Where? Where are you? I can’t see you? I knock, but you don’t answer. I plead, but you don’t respond. I pray, but you don’t change my circumstance. Here I am. Where are you? Listen to me. (Silence. Searching. There are so many. There is so much. My ears are […]
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 […]
A Prayer for Our Country
I don’t let anyone tell me what to do! Is that so? I ask God what is right to do. I ask others what they would do. I ask myself what is fair to do. Then I decide what I should do. And I do it. This is my prayer for our country and its […]
re: What Do We Tell the Children?
What an important question posed by the Ali Michael, author of an online post entitled What Do we Tell the Children? Its advice lingers in my mind. Here are her talking points: Tell them we will protect them. Tell them that we have democratic processes in the U.S. that make it impossible for one mean person to […]
Stuck in the middle
That moment when you’re r e a c h i n g as far, no, farther than you’ve ever reached before. Just a little. bit. more. S T R E T C H I N G further, and further, closer than you’ve ever been before. Your thighs are burning oh, it h u r t […]
Show us the way back to you
We are what we eat. We resemble the company we keep. We become what we think about. We are not who we think we are. Beloved, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things. ~ Phil 4:8 […]
Which do you believe?
“There’s probably no God so stop worrying and enjoy life” …read the back of the service van weaving through the crowds gathered to marvel at St. Stephen’s Cathedral, where all are welcome to enter free of charge. When ‘probably not’ opens the door to ‘possibly is’ the great bolt of worry slides aside to unlock a […]
When did prayer become fast food?
Three times a day, need it or not. Gotta eat. Gotta pray. Gotta get some energy to carry me through the day. God is great,… Do we say it in the drive through? At the bus stop? In the lunch line? On the job? On the run? Here’s a bagel, forget the plate; Hurry up kids, we’re […]
Hands Free Viewing for a One Time Show
Trust me? Leave your phone, your notebook, and your water bottle behind. Just you and me around the lake this morning. Can you do this? But what if the sunrise is spectacular? My sunrise is not meant for you to preserve, distribute or reproduce. But what if there are words to record? My words will be […]