As a Sacred Guest – Mar. 8, 2023
“God of the ages,to whom the hoursare nothingand everything: may I know each momentas a sacred guestto be welcomed,to be savored,to be sent with a blessing.” –Jan Richardson, In Wisdom’s Path, p. 58
Nothing is Wasted – Mar. 7, 2023
Blessed are you, O God,in whom nothing is wasted.You salvage the remnant,the scrap, the shred.You bless what is leftfrom the consuming fire, the devouring flood,the shearing wind, the shifting earth.All that remainsreturns to youand is reborn from you. Blessed are you, O God,who brings life from the earthand will return it to the earthonce again. […]
Send Me Tough Angels – Mar. 6, 2023
“I am not asking youto take this wilderness from me,to remove this place of starknesswhere I come to knowthe wildness within me… But send metough angels,sweet wine,strong bread:just enough.” –Jan Richardson, excerpt from “Desert Prayer“, In Wisdom’s Path: Discovering the Sacred in Every Season (The Pilgrim Press, 2000), p. 54
Pick Up Your Cross – Mar. 3, 2023
“It took me quite awhile—years, actually—to realize that Jesus is not inviting me to be crucified. I’m just volunteering to pick up my cross and carry it. Maybe not with grace or even steadiness, moving ahead under its weight. And it’s my cross, not the cross Jesus was compelled to bear… I suspect that in […]
