We are angels to each other My needs met in you and yours in me. At the very least we keep each other afloat At peace and on an even keel Company in other’s solitude Fellow travellers of this pilgrim’s road. At best, though I suspect God might mean us to reflect each other’s light … More A Poem: Angels
We are broken But we are entirely intact We are shattered but still in one piece We are grieving but still wholly complete We are lost but found We leave the throng and arrive in Him We run but never for long We look left, or right within and without He is always there, waiting … More A Poem: Inside Out
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
There are some days in which, just as the sun travels from east to west across a blue horizon; I find myself held up, carried aloft, that my clay feet might not touch the ground. I did not know, I was so light, or inclined to be absent? Rather I think it is that you … More A Poem: Borne Up
You surround us. There is comfort there. So much comfort to be had by the thought of our encompassment. We lie, like seeds in the earth; or wait, as birds in a nest. For our provision. For our establishment in the ground. And for a while there, we thrive. Until seasons change, and our … More A Poem: Love Surrounds
I am the light in the darkness. The candle in your heart, that will not dim. Though the light in your life might depart, my flame within keeps burning. I am the length of the cross, and also its full width. My reach is in every direction, and it encompasses all of the earth. I … More A Poem: In my Heart
“Our hearts and minds desire clarity. We like to have a clear picture of a situation, a clear view of how things fit together, and clear insight into our own and the world’s problems. But just as in nature colours and shapes mingle without clear-cut distinctions, human life doesn’t offer the clarity we are looking … More Daily Inspiration, 30 Mar 17
“And He watched over me before I knew Him and before I learned sense or even distinguished between good and evil.” St. Patrick “For however devoted you are to God, you may be sure that he is immeasurably more devoted to you.” Meister Eckhart “The Lord watches over you– the Lord is your shade at … More Daily Inspiration, 20 Mar 17
“The light came through the window, straight from the sun above, and so inside my little room there plunged the rays of love. In streams of light I clearly saw the dust you seldom see, out of which the Nameless makes a name for one like me.” Leonard Cohen “There is only one being who … More Daily Inspiration, 6 Mar 17
“Let me be as a feather, strong with purpose, yet light at heart. Able to bend. And thou I might become frayed, able to pull myself together again.” Anita Sams “What is the basis of our security? When we start thinking about that question, we may give many answers: success, money, friends, property, popularity, family, … More Daily Inspiration: 27 Feb 17
Living Tree Poetry 