Let Wonder Have Its Way with Me – Oct. 15, 2020
O God, your gracious Spiritmoves over the mysteries of living and dyingand is strangely present to mein the falling leaves,the call of wild geese,a child’s birth,the light in a friend’s eyes,the sudden lifting of the heart,and the deep longing which brings me to you now.Make me aware of your presencethat wonder may have its way […]
Patient Trust – July 28, 2020
Above all, trust in the slow work of God.We are quite naturally impatient in everything to reach the end without delay.We should like to skip the intermediate stages.We are impatient of being on the way to something unknown, something new. And yet it is the law of all progressthat it is made by passing through […]
Pentecost
Pentecost came early for me this year. As I watched the empty streets in my urban neighborhood, I felt a sudden shift from loss to gratitude — for the common purpose that empty streets signify right now. I had been annoyed by the inconvenience of staying home, of avoiding others and not being able to […]
Prayer for the Earth – Apr. 22, 2020
Spirit of loveThat flows against our fleshSets it tremblingMoves across it as across grass Erasing every boundary that we acceptAnd swings the doors of our lives wide— This is a prayer I sing: Save our perishing earth! Spirit that hears each one of us,Hears all that is—Listens, listens, hears us out— Inspire us now! Our own […]