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Drafting angels
Like any other, I crave the pastor’s Sunday afternoon nap. Instead, I find myself out on my bike, winding out the day and running out whatever needs to be let go so that I can sleep at night. On a … Continue reading
Lost in the department store
Frantic, fleeting moments in the old department store, for each passing second a hundred possibilities; few of them good. Disembodied voices broadcast fear across the floors: “Have you seen this child? Wearing a blue coat with a hood.” Elevators, escalators, … Continue reading
Posted in lectionary reflection, poetry, sermon preparation
Tagged loss, lost child, Luke 15:1-10, parable, parenting, Year C Proper 19
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Psalm 14 (53)
Psalm 53 is included in today’s Daily Office readings. It is almost exactly the same as Psalm 14, which is included in this Sunday’s Revised Common Lectionary, except for the penultimate verse(s). The text of Psalm 14 is included below, … Continue reading
Snooze
The early morning dreams were the worst, when the bridge between sleep and the waking world was already open to traffic, its boundaries blurred; she’d wake uncertain if he’d really come back, dazzled and dazed by what she would do … Continue reading
Rumours of war
I dreamed of the young ones on graduation day. They were leaving for war, assembled rank and file on the high school field, the front line singled out and sent away. We tried to reach them for a parting embrace; … Continue reading
Magnificat
My imagination is scattered, but my heart still hungers for something good; my soul magnifies God the great and merciful, but mine eyes look to the Golan hills; from where is help to come? We are fortunate that God does … Continue reading
Music to weep by
A simple psalm, honest vibrato supplied by the singer’s fear of the Lord; a half-forgotten nursery rhyme from a half-forgotten time; a song whose intervals trip down memory lane; a show tune belted over the kitchen sink; notes rise on … Continue reading
Assumption
She spent a lot of time running away from reality. When she was young, she ran to the hill country. She sang revolutionary songs that she couldn’t hope to realize. She ran to Egypt, where the fires burn and courage … Continue reading
Posted in holy days, lectionary reflection, poetry
Tagged Blessed Virgin Mary, Feast of the Assumption, Jesus, John 19:26-27, Luke 11:27, Luke 1:38, Luke 1:39-55, Luke 23:27-29, Luke 2:35, Luke 2:41-50, Luke 8:19-21, Luke 8:2-3, Mark 3:31-35, Matthew 12:46-50, Matthew2:14, Mother of God
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Perfect storm
God, singing in the shower, echoing slate grey tesselating clouds.
Origami relationship
If I fold the map just right, you are close enough to hold at arm’s length.
Posted in poetry
Tagged boundaries, emigration, family, haiku, long distance relationships
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