Words fail at the contemplation of what you have done for me. I am undone by the miracle of your grace. How can this be? That I am washed clean by the power of your sacrifice. Oh, great lamb of the world slain for me. Precious are you, only beloved Son of God, yet slainContinue reading “A Communion Reflection”
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Spark
Where does darkness end and light begin? This ever-blurring microscopic edge of dawn intrudes onto our concept of right and wrong. How does night exist within the circle of dawn’s existence? Even the thought drives light, brings light, Births light in the darkest moment and there – light. One particle of glimmer, of spark, ofContinue reading “Spark”
November Storm
Insistent drips trail the glass Into a smear of green and gray Kaleidoscopic with wind-tossed leaves, Red, yellow, and brown, Indeterminately pressed in place Until this room becomes the world.
Cistern
I need you. Rainfall come. Cistern-like, I crave you. Created for you, I will store you in my depths. You are my treasure, my wisdom. I will hide you in the secret depths. Rainfall come. Fill me. Flood me. Overflow me. What I can’t hold, I’ll give To the dry, dusty ground But fill me.Continue reading “Cistern”
There is blue in the room
There’s blue in the room It stretches thin to cover all And seeps like fog along the floor Building shades up the walls and cabinets And crawls and claws Like some sideways crab Into the corners of the eye.
Psalm 2
I will trust the Lord. My heart does not understand His ways Nor can my mind follow his designs. His artist’s skill surpasses my conception And his plans overwhelm my anticipation. Yet I will empty myself before Him; I will wait on His Word with hope. God is the sole keeper of my life; WithoutContinue reading “Psalm 2”
This Sea
This sea is decidedly of an autumn tone – Insistent in its abuse of the beach – Lashed by its mate the wind. Even the gulls are muted by their din. The sun and sky and green-gold fields around me Still speak of summer in like tones of the gulls— Muted and beginning to loseContinue reading “This Sea”
Free
Free, set me free To find the horizon, To see the sweep of daybreak Release the night’s captives. Like birdsong rising at dawn, Their joy graces heaven With sweeter notes than I (or angelic choirs) raise Free… Oh, set me free! To chase the wind above the grain And follow sparrows flying into theContinue reading “Free”
Psalm 1
Sound, trumpets; Proclaim the day of the Lord. Clang, cymbals; Make a joyous noise. Sing, seraphim. Sing, cherubim. Witness to the glory of the Lord God Almighty. There is no other higher, There is no other purer, There is no other brighter, Than the Morning Star Rising, risen, reigning. StillContinue reading “Psalm 1”
Where Does a Prayer End?
Where does a prayer end? Does it drop like a tear Into the dirt and there dissolve in mud Or like a vapor rise and fade into thin air? Let it run like a river of air where choler Will push or pull the muse’s mood For prayer is semi-divine, the illicit talk Of aContinue reading “Where Does a Prayer End?”
RootsRewound 