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Bearing
It is such a little thing, to hang above my heart, given me at baptism, my magpie hands clutched at its shiny surface, all glistering and light; once clasped I hardly know I’m wearing my golden cross while sunrise shadows … Continue reading
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Tagged baptism, cross, Matthew 16:21-28, talisman, Year A Proper 17
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Who do you say that I am?
One with the patience to measure the countless millimetres between here and eternity; his father taught him to measure twice, cut once. He would joke around the workshop that he had come to bring not peace, but a saw; brandishing, … Continue reading
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Tagged carpenter, Jesus, Matthew 16:13, Year A Proper 16
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Storm in black and white
Violent ultra violet piercing dark skies; dangerous contrast.
Morning Prayer
On the days when the sun does not rise, when the chill will not dissipate from the night air, words fall anechoic from our lips to the carpeted abyss. Let our tears be our salt- seasoned offerings, burning water our … Continue reading
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Year A Proper 15: send her away
Matthew 15:21-28: the Syrophoenician/Canaanite/canine woman. Some problems for the preacher. What’s in a name? You can’t teach an old dog new tricks. You old dog. Sly old dog. Dirty old dog. Dogged. Hot dog. Dog eat dog. Why keep a … Continue reading
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Episcopalian haiku
Vespers Sunset on steeple. Shadows lengthen; silence falls Still, fire burns inside
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Transfiguration
Early in the darkening dawn, shadows weighting their sight, waiting for the sun to rise on the Light of the World, blind their vision with magnesium-bulb brightness, harmonic resonance of lightning arcing between earth and heaven.
Posted in holy days, poetry
Tagged light of the world, Luke 9:28-36, Transfiguration
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Ye of little faith
It feels less like walking on water than drowning in mid-air; the perfume of your presence is too heady to bear. I make myself thin to slip from your embrace; breathe once more the comfortable air of an ordinary, little faith.
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Leftovers
One made bread pudding. Another, croutons for soup. One mashed them in milk for the tomorrow baby’s breakfast. The important thing was, they got to keep the crumbs; no more maggots in the manna; they got to bring it home, … Continue reading
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Re-creation
in the beginning, when God began to create the heavens and the earth, all was formless and void, and the Spirit of God moved over the dark waters Suspended in salt water, albatross passes over; create me.
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Tagged albatross, creation, genesis 1:1, haiku, recreation, vacation
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