Open It Wide – Apr. 19, 2021
Enclosing the field within boundssets it apart from the boundlessof which it was, and is, a part,and places it within care.The bounds of the field bindthe mind to it. A brideadorned, the field now wearsthe green veil of a season’sabounding. Open the gate!Open it wide, that timeand hunger may come in. –Wendell Berry, Sabbaths, “IX” […]
Breathe Into Me – Apr. 16, 2021
O God, empty me of angry judgmentsand aching disappointments,and anxious trying,and breath into mesomething like quietness and confidence,that the lion and the lamb in memay lie down togetherand be led by a trustas straightforward as a little child. Catch my pride and doubt off guardthat, at least for the moment,I may sense your presenceand your […]
Give Me Ears to Hear – Apr. 15, 2021
Lord,I believemy life is touched by you,that you want something for meand of me.Give me ears to hear you,eyes to see the tracing of your finger,and a heart quickened by the motionsof your Spirit. –Ted Loder, Guerrillas of Grace
Help Me Listen – Apr. 14, 2021
O holy One,I hear and say so many words,yet yours is the word I need.Speak now,and help me listen,and if what I hear is silence,let it quiet me,let it disturb me,let it touch my need,let it break my pride,let it shrink my certainties,let it enlarge my wonder. –Ted Loder, Guerrillas of Grace