Questions in the Dark
My Lenten practice this year is to notice what questions arise in the dark, either in my dreams or wakeful times. Sleep seems to filter out the trivia, and I discover what my real questions are. Some arise from worries, of course. Others involve long-forgotten incidents, odd dream encounters, and shards of conversation that I […]
Honey Bees Wait – Nov. 30, 2022
“If they’re here—all females in a winter hive—they’re clustered together inside (an oak tree), queen at the heart of their sisterhood. The fine, transparent wings they beat hard in summer’s heat—a constant buzzing fan to keep the hive from cooking—they hold, now, folded and still. The tiny muscles to which those wings are attached shiver. […]
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
