This Constant Yearning – Mar. 18, 2022
We are like lutes once held by God. Being away from His warm bodyfully explains this constant yearning. –Hafiz, The Gift, translations by Daniel Ladinsky, p. 116
Dancing – Feb. 8, 2022
“This bug seems to be dancing—it kind of pounces on the four legs beneath its abdomen, bouncing and swaying, like it’s hearing a music I’m not yet tuned to. And, trying to tune in, I notice the swell and diminuendo of cicadas nearby, and another cricketish chirping just over in those forsythia. The mantis’s head […]
Kindle Within – Jan. 24, 2022
You are above me O God You are beneath You are in air You are in earth You are beside me You are within. O God of heaven, you have made your home on Earth In the broken body of Creation Kindle within me a love for you in all things. –J. Philip […]
The Hulled Heart
Today in an early morning dream I was addressed by a voice. It asked, “What are you doing?” and I answered, “I am hulling my heart.” The voice asked “Why?” and I answered, “I have need of a hulled heart.” I awoke, as I have so often this year, knowing that in my sleep I […]
