Left to Grace – Apr. 20, 2021
Whatever is foreseen in joymust be lived out from day to day.Vision held open in the darkby our ten thousand days of work.Harvest will fill the barn; for thatthe hand must ache, the face must sweat.And yet no leaf or grain is filledby work of ours; the field is tilledand left to grace. That we […]
Breathe Into Me – Apr. 16, 2021
O God, empty me of angry judgmentsand aching disappointments,and anxious trying,and breath into mesomething like quietness and confidence,that the lion and the lamb in memay lie down togetherand be led by a trustas straightforward as a little child. Catch my pride and doubt off guardthat, at least for the moment,I may sense your presenceand your […]
Guide Me into an Unclenched Moment – Apr. 12, 2021
Guide me,Holy One,into an unclenched moment,a deep breath,a letting go of heavy expectancies,of shriveling anxieties,of dead certainties,that, softened by the silence,surrounded by the light,and open to the mystery,I may be found by wholeness,upheld by the unfathomable,entranced by the simple,and filled with the joythat is you. –Ted Loder, Guerrillas of Grace: Prayers for the Battle (San […]
One Word – Dec. 21, 2020
I love Jesus, who said to us:heaven and earth will pass away.When heaven and earth have passed away,my word will still remain.What was your word, Jesus?Love? Forgiveness? Affection?All your words wereone word: Wakeup. -Antonio Machado, translated by Robert Bly, in The Soul Is Here For Its Own Joy
