Starlings in Winter – May 27, 2022
…Ah, world, what lessons you prepare for us, even in the leafless winter,even in the ashy city.I am thinking nowof grief, and of getting past it; I feel my bootstrying to leave the ground,I feel my heartpumping hard. I want to think again of dangerous and noble things.I want to be light and frolicsome.I want […]
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
Love Knows How to Stoop – May 11, 2022
“Love knows how to take a basin and a towel, how to stoop and meet the needs of the disciples, how to meet the needs of the world. A person will never be at home in the Christian church until he or she learns how to be at home with a basin and a towel. […]
Pouring Out Joy – Apr. 26, 2022
“In these days when nothing is constant, a single cup of constancy feels luxurious, even miraculous. Most of us don’t long for the whole world to be ours. We don’t crave constant praise from acolytes who guard our egos from injury. We aren’t consumed by the desire to have the entire banquet of life focused […]