awakened
awakened they unfurl their banners into empty space
Tao Te Ching 76
rigid and pliant what seemed dead- now full of life like ten thousand things
"Mary..."
Sermon for Easter(Year B), April 4 2021 St. James, Poquetanuck; Grace, Yantic You stand before the empty tomb. Peter and John have breathlessly entered it, and left for home, confused and...
ripe scuppernongs
ripe scuppernongs perfect "thwack!" on brother's skin childhood memory
The Road to Emmaus...
Sermon Notes for 3 Easter (Year A), April 26, 2020 St. James, Poquetanuck; Grace, Yantic Today’s gospel, the story of the Road to Emmaus, is only found in Luke’s gospel. In fact, if all we had...
“come outside and walk!”
"come outside and walk!" clouds call the winter-weary heart window
joyful clementines
joyful clementines tangy sweetness fills the heart scent fills the space
loaf shared among friends
loaf shared among friends simply flour water salt stirred with joy and life
stone flung across ice
stone flung across ice keening winter’s death as it sings spring to life
climbing season past
climbing season past ivy chats with its neighbors bark, leichen, and light
prayer flowed root to leaf
prayer flowed root to leaf now soaked in other prayers luminous pew
Hope
I recently received a new teaching about the nature of hope. I’ve always thought hope had to do with a time in the distant future when the now of then will be better than the current now. But I’ve...
