It Came Upon the Midnight Clear – Dec. 30, 2022
For lo! the days are hastening on,By prophet-bards foretold,When with the ever-circling yearsComes round the age of gold;When peace shall over all the earthIts ancient splendors fling,And the whole world give back the songWhich now the angels sing. -Hymn lyrics by Edmund H. Sears
Steer Your Way – Sept. 21, 2022
Steer your way past the ruins of the altar and the mallSteer your way through the fables of creation and the fallSteer your way past the palaces that rise above the rotYear by year, month by month, day by dayThought by thought They whisper still, the ancient stonesThe blunted mountains weepAs he died to make […]
Set Me Ablaze – Aug. 30, 2022
Touching the match to the kindling,it’s tempting to thinkI’m doing this simplyfor the heat and light,that it’s not an ancient ritualborne in my blood,that it’s not a desperate prayer:God set me ablaze. –Jan Richardson, In Wisdom’s Path, p. 5
