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Prayers have been shattered into pieces
Grant that we, putting away all earthly anxieties,
may be duly prepared for the service of thy sanctuary;
we, reaching forth our hands in love. Continue reading
Posted in current events, poetry, prayer
Tagged book of common prayer, Daily Office, found poetry, Lamentations, sanctuary
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Resilience in winter
The trees are running on empty,defenseless, exposed to the faceless elements, burned by the cold and starved by the desiccated air, yet they stand and sway as though they listenedto the songs of the land humming through their roots, branches snapping to the … Continue reading
Wise
By the time you reached the star-struck place
you were ready to crawl in on bended knees
and babble your praises like a newborn;
for the foolishness of God’s incarnation
was wiser than you or I ever could imagine. Continue reading
Solstice
When the night is longest, stretching deep and dark beyond our sight, light a candle; see its flame flicker as the breath of God inhales our prayers, sighs out a shimmer of hope.
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Seven
And then, imagine it from her point of view: seven lifetimes of love, regret, loss, laughter. Seven lifetimes of abuse – pray not. Seven lifetimes of blessing, despite the woes, hope despite it all. Seven lifetimes and here, in eternity, … Continue reading
All hallows
It took so long to get the fire lit, even though the wind blew as though the Holy Spirit fanned the flames of Pentecost herself. The children in their costumes came and went without judgement, candy-sweet. When the tinder finally … Continue reading
Posted in holy days, poetry, prayer, preparing for Sunday with poetry, story
Tagged All Saints, Hallowe'en
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Foundering
As though created in mid-air and surprised, the lamb fell without foothold down the cliff and into the stream where we, speechless, sandwiches halfway to open mouths watched it pick up and shake itself back to life , quiet waters … Continue reading
Truisms
Hatred shared is never hatred halved. The blood of an enemy will not cure anaemia of conscience. Suffer the little children never meant to sacrifice them. The mortality of another will never lessen our own. The immortality of another will … Continue reading
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To count them
A meditation on verses from Psalm 139
over the water 