The silence of prayer, not
the absence of sound but
footprints on the ceiling and
the waltz of a three-legged cat,
a hungering woodpecker picking
the lock on a worm-weary tree,
the hum of heat and refrigeration,
competing elements of fire, water, air,
breath and beat.
The Word populates
time with meaning:
Let there be
About Rosalind C Hughes
Rosalind C Hughes is an Episcopal priest, poet, and author living near the shores of Lake Erie. After growing up in England and Wales, and living briefly in Singapore, she is now settled in Ohio. Rosalind is the author of A Family Like Mine: Biblical Stories of Love, Loss, and Longing , and Whom Shall I Fear? Urgent Questions for Christians in an Age of Violence, both from Upper Room Books. She loves the lake, misses the ocean, and is finally coming to terms with snow.
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