Heavy – May 23, 2022
That timeI thought I could notgo any closer to griefwithout dying I went closer,and I did not die.Surely Godhad his hand in this, as well as friends.Still, I was bent,and my laughter,as the poet said, was nowhere to be found.Then said my friend Daniel(brave even among lions),“It is not the weight you carry but how […]
Embracing God’s Promises – Apr. 29, 2022
“Give us the audacity and strength to withstand what is undesirable so we can hear and embrace your life-giving promises on the other side. Amen.” –Phiwa Langeni, “Memory Omission”, StillSpeaking Daily Devotional for April 9, 2022
Getting the News – Mar. 21, 2022
… When the news comesmay the hummingin your headgive way to song,even if it will belong and longbefore you canhear it, before you cancomprehend the lovethat latched onto youin the rending—the love that bound itself to youeven as it began its leavingand has neverlet you go. –Jan Richardson, from “Blessing for Getting the News”, The […]
Please – Mar. 17, 2022
We are at the Nile’s end. We are carrying particles From every continent, creature, and age. It has been raining on the plainsOf our vision for millions of years. And our senses are so muddy compared to Yours—dear God, But I only hear these words from YouWhere we are all trying to embrace the Clear Sky-Ocean, […]
