Send Me Tough Angels – Sept. 2, 2022
I am not asking youto take this wilderness from me,to remove this place of darknesswhere I come to knowthe wildness within me,… But send metough angels,sweet wine,strong bread:just enough. –Jan Richardson, excerpt from “Desert Prayer“, In Wisdom’s Path, p. 54
Could I Let Go of That? – Sept. 1, 2022
That our receivingmay be like breathing:taking in,letting go. That our holdingmay be like loving:taking care,setting free. That our givingmay be like leaving:singing thanks,moving on. –Jan Richardson, In Wisdom’s Path, p. 34
We Can Always Hope – Aug. 31, 2022
That peacewill rise like breadwe can always hope. That justicewill flow like winewe can always hope. That the tablewill make strangers kinwe can always hope. That our hopewill rise like breadwe can always pray. –Jan Richardson, In Wisdom’s Path, p. 31
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
