The Line
A channel, a conduit, a portal, a pathway, a hollow bone — each carry something, allowing it to pass through. A line, a thread — they pull what is moving through me. Whose line am I holding? I begin with my own. I look just like my father, whose name I carry, and whose legacy I hold. My […]
In Blackwater Woods – Apr. 13, 2023
Look, the treesare turningtheir own bodiesinto pillars of lightare giving off the richfragrance of cinnamonand fulfillment the long tapersof cattailsare bursting and floating away overthe blue shoulders of the ponds,and every pond,no matter what itsname is, is nameless now.Every yeareverythingI have ever learned in my lifetimeleads back to this: the firesand the black river of […]
God Cannot be Grasped – Mar. 28, 2023
“One of the central functions of the dark night, [John of the Cross] says, is to convince those who grasp after things that God cannot be grasped. In John’s native Spanish, his word for God is nada. God is no-thing. God is not a thing. And since God is not a thing, God can not […]
Blessed is the One – Oct. 27, 2022
Blessed is the Onewho comes to usby the way of lovepoured out with abandon. Blessed is the Onewho walks toward usby the way of gracethat holds us fast. Blessed is the Onewho calls us to followin the way of blessing,in the path of joy. –Jan Richardson, “Blessed is the One” in Circle of Grace, p. 125
