Tag Archives: Holy Spirit

I should get out more

Posted on October 11, 2019 by

In my collar, I notice people respond to me passing them by, for better or for worse. I smile, pass the time of day. Then someone stopped me short:
”Don’t you remember me?” Continue reading →

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Pentecost 2019: Come, Holy Spirit

Posted on June 9, 2019 by

The Spirit has been present since before the birth of creation, brooding over the waters of the uncreated deep. She breathed life into the nostrils of the first human animals, according to the old stories. She has never been far from us. The trick is to catch sight of the movement of her wings, to hear the vibrations that she creates, the rush of air, the breath of heaven. Continue reading →

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How cats answer prayers

Posted on January 17, 2019 by

I know that I have a weakness for whimsy, but there was something about that cat. She had a flash on her forehead that was the exact colour of the sand in the Jordan desert. Continue reading →

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Holy Comforter

Posted on June 4, 2017 by

Do not be alarmed by her unpredictability. She knows what she is doing. She speaks your language. She knows your name. Continue reading →

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Shoulder season

Posted on December 7, 2016 by

The Spirit keeps reaching, gripping my shoulders, telling me to sit, stay a while. Over my shoulder, promising, promising soon, soon, surging on to one more thing, I feel the snag of her fingers between my bones, aching from raking … Continue reading →

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Trinity 2016: Delight

Posted on May 22, 2016 by

Wisdom calls out – the wisdom of God; we may know her as the Holy Spirit. When she is spoken aloud, she becomes the Word. The Word was in the beginning, the yet unspoken, ever articulate Wisdom of God. Only … Continue reading →

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Year C Epiphany 1: Come, Holy Spirit

Posted on January 10, 2016 by

The Gospels take a lot of short cuts through the life of Jesus. Whether they begin at his baptism, as does Mark, when he is already fully grown and ready to set out into the wilderness of temptation, and the … Continue reading →

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