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In memoriam
I remember her story. I remember her telling me as though she knew me, as though she trusted me; God knows all that she did not say. I remember her story, even though her name has faded into her features, … Continue reading
Pray
Pray, not for an end to grief; tears fall, the waters of a hard labour.
Posted in haiku, poetry, prayer
Tagged ferguson, grief, healing, loss, Mike Brown, Tamir Rice
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Apostasies
from the bible challenge blog God forgive us our daily apostasies: the taking of your name in vain, faking faith, defrauding love; the times we fail to call on you at all; the many ways in which our worship turns … Continue reading
Posted in poetry, prayer
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Render
A silhouette against my eyelids, black on red; a name beaten out by my heart’s tattoo; the claim that staked me through and through; I render unto, surrender unto – whose image and title is this?
Posted in lectionary reflection, poetry, prayer, sermon preparation
Tagged Matthew 22:15-22, render unto Caesar, surrender, Year A Proper 24
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Prayers post concussion
I am realizing how much of a Pelagian I am; how much of my worth, my self-satisfaction is wrapped up in works and words; what I do is what I am; what I say is what I pray. Which leaves … Continue reading
Friday morning prayer
Dear Christ I give so many thanks that you have called me not to save the world but to serve it. I pray, keep my horizons hopeful and my reach reasonable, that I may rest safely in your saving grace … Continue reading
Break water
Breakwater before midnight; primal elements: dark water. Let light break. This dark water tastes wrong; unseasoned soup, it will not hold me up. I throw up my hands. Your thoughts are not my thoughts, there will be no meeting of … Continue reading
Posted in poetry, prayer
Tagged birth, Canticle 10, creation, genesis 1:1, Isaiah 55:6-11, Lake Erie, Second Song of Isaiah, two-way prayer
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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
Posted in current events, poetry, prayer
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Episcopalian haiku
Vespers Sunset on steeple. Shadows lengthen; silence falls Still, fire burns inside
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