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 […]
Your Yes to Us – Oct. 20, 2022
You are the God who is simple, direct, clear with us and for us.You have committed yourself to us.You have said yes to us in creation yes to us in our birth, yes to us in our baptism, yes to us in our awakening this day. But we are of another kind, more accustomed to “perhaps, maybe, we’ll see,” left in wonderment and ambiguity. We […]
In Blackwater Woods – May 26, 2022
…To live in this world you must be ableto do three things:to love what is mortal;to hold it against your bones knowingyour own life depends on it;and, when the time comes to let it go,to let it go. -Mary Oliver, excerpt from “In Blackwater Woods”, from American Primitive Full poem: https://apoemaday.tumblr.com/post/652534824201027584/in-blackwater-woods
Now I Am a People – May 12, 2022
“When we live into the vision of safety and love for all, then all of us will experience inward healing. All of us will be able to say together, “Once I was nobody, but now I am someone. Once I was a part of no people, but now I am one of God’s people.”” -N. Gordon Cosby, Seized […]
