lady wisdom
A few years ago, my devotion journal highlighted Proverbs 8, a lovely and insightful text about Lady Wisdom or Sophia. As Holy Wisdom, she personifies …
poem
Wendell Berry’s What We Need Is Here
Geese appear high over us, pass, and the sky closes. Abandon, as in love or sleep, holds them to their way, clear in the ancient …
Ruth Williams’ Paso Doble
Each day is a blessing of epic proportions. I give thanks for what might seem meager comforts: real cream in my coffee, a day without …
a gentle reminder
Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence. As far as possible without surrender be on good …
the value of keeping quiet
This past Sunday, my morning message at the contemplative service focused on the scripture of Mary and Martha, two women who shared their hospitality with …
Mary Oliver’s Morning Poem
Morning Poem by Mary Oliver Every morning the world is created. Under the orange sticks of the sun the heaped ashes of the night …
a prayer in Spring
A Prayer in Spring Oh, give us pleasure in the flowers to-day; And give us not to think so far away As the uncertain harvest; …
love does that
All day long a little burro labors, sometimes with heavy loads on her back and sometimes just with worries about things that bother only burros. …
giving thanks for Richard Blanco’s “One Today”
There have been times in my life when the written word has captured such truth, honesty, and hope that I have been brought to tears–Monday …
a poem as lovely as a tree
Tonight as I as was reading the insightful responses to this morning’s blogpost, I remembered a poem that my third grade teacher used to recite …