In a Time of Crisis – Oct. 5, 2020
“We needed to learn to live from a quiet center. We needed to learn the attitude of leisure when there was no leisure. We needed to learn how to let a friend know that we cared when we were pressured by the weight of unfinished work. We needed to learn to give a task wholly […]
Forgive Me – Oct. 2, 2020
Forgive me that I have not loved enough.Forgive me so that I can love you and others,no matter what their sins may be.Forgive me that I have not fully believedin the possibility and power of forgiveness.Forgive me so that I can forgive—others and myself. Amen. —Maren Tirabassi and Joan Jordan Grant, An Improbable Gift of […]
Hear My Sorrow – Oct. 1, 2020
O God, while above this day, the heavens in your majesty chant of glory and splendor… I fashion the hand-jerk gesture, lurid epithet, and horn-blast salute on my commute.I loose the maddening shriek over unrinsed toothpaste in the sink.I mutter the predictable whine about emptying the trash.I stew in the sullen silence of a seasoned […]
I Stand in Need – Sep. 30, 2020
Grace-filled God of mercy, throw open your doors. I stand in need. Your light of truth has fallen on my face, and I have turned away. Your word of love has fired my heart, and I have stopped my ears. The stones I throw to keep your Spirit have hit their mark. I stand outside […]