I am a beggar at your door, the steps rising before my hesitant feet. I can hear the sounds within your kingdom drawing me, despite my lack of confidence. My feet unclean, I could wipe them more than once and they would still not shed the grime. So I turn and sit at the foot … More A Poem: The Beggar
What do you want me to do with this morning God? That shines through the blinds that shines through my shuttered heart What do I do with a sun that still rises? On us, whose joy wavers as a candle in the wind, on those, whose joy has for a moment, been snuffed out. What … More A Poem: Dark
He made me not for me and not for you, but for himself. He made me delicate, complex, unique. In that where I see imperfect, flawed, and inadequate; He see’s the beauty of his intent, the potential of his design, the splendid intricacy of his plan come to life. I was made for him and … More A Poem: Made for Him
What might one become when given a voice, and room. Room to change, expand, grow, belong. How might our tender growth, be sustained until it is able to live and thrive on its own. Can we be space for one another and give room to speak; to walk, to dance, to hold our head high. … More A Poem: Room
“Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant with the weak and wrong. Sometime in your life you will have been all of these.” Walter Scott “I am capable of loving, but I am also capable of not loving. That cannot be said about God. … More Daily Inspiration, 9 May 17
“Often hobbling through our church doors on Sunday morning comes grace on crutches — sinners still unable to throw away their false supports and stand upright in the freedom of the children of God. Yet, their mere presence in the church on Sunday morning is a flickering candle representing a desire to maintain contact … More Daily Inspiration: 8 May 17
“Our Savior kneels down and gazes upon the darkest acts of our lives. But rather than recoil in horror, he reaches out in kindness and from the basin of his grace, he scoops a palm full of mercy and washes away our sin. Jesus said, “If I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you … More Daily Inspiration, 18 Mar 17
“If one completes the journey to one’s own heart, one will find oneself in the heart of everyone else.” Fr. Thomas Keating “We live such separate and often quite removed lives. Yet behind all this seeming separation a deeper unity anchors everything. This is one of the powerful intimations of the great religious traditions. The … More Daily Inspiration, 3 Mar 17
“But Jesus gave the poor more than food to eat and relief from their sickness. He restored them to God’s beloved community.” Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, God’s Economy “Do not be too quick to condemn the man who no longer believes in God: for it is perhaps your own coldness and avarice and mediocrity and materialism … More Daily Inspiration, 2 Feb 17
Ah I thought… I love everything. The summer sun; the leaves on the shimmering trees; the breeze through the open window. But the fleeting fantail that just flew to alight on the branch, teaches me that life and its gifts, run ever out. A closed fist holds nothing of worth. While an open hand, though … More A Poem: Ah
Living Tree Poetry 