Twilight’s Turning – Jan. 6, 2020
Sitting on my thresholdat twilight’s turning,door open,arms around my knees,wind through the entryway hereI knowthis is what I want:not to be goodbut to be whole. –Jan Richardson, Night Visions
Thresholds – Jan. 5, 2020
God of the threshold,this we pray:that what comes in enters by consent,by invitation that what passes throughcrosses over with grace,with mercy that what dwells withinresides in delight, in integrity that what goes forthemerges for peace,for blessings. –Jan Richardson, Night Visions
Remember – Dec. 25, 2020
Remember the sky that you were born under, know each of the star’s stories. Remember the moon, know who she is. I met her in a bar once in Iowa City. Remember the sun’s birth at dawn, that is the strongest point of time. Remember sundown and the giving away to night. Remember your birth, how your mother struggled to give you form […]
All-awakening – Dec. 24, 2020
The Spirit of God is a life that bestows liferoot of the world-tree and wind in its branches.She is glistening life, alluring, all praise,All-awakening, all-resurrecting. -Hildegard of Bingen, translated by Gabriele Uhlein, Meditations with Hildegard of Bingen