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Category Archives: Devotional Poetry
Your Monday Blessing: The Calculus of Prayer
In the morning, when I talk to God, I say, I would love to find a clean pair of boxers waiting for me on the laundry rack, but then don’t worry about me, God; you must have much bigger matters … Continue reading
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Tagged humility, laundry, poetry, prayer, wrestling
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Your Monday(ish) blessing: No Wisdom Whatsoever
I slept well last night, and this morning I managed to not check the news on my phone. I went and drank coffee, sat there. For a moment or two. Found a book of stories on the shelf that spoke … Continue reading
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Tagged meditation, morning, poetry, silence, wisdom
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Your Monday Blessing: Third Sheep from the Left
The third sheep from the left is the holy child. You can see her, in the frame of her mother’s camera, at the heart of the heavens and the earth. In her, the earliest secrets of love are revealed. Before … Continue reading
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Tagged children, Christmas, nativity, poetry
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Halloween Dream
It has been foretold that you will enter an uncertainty, vast and deep – a dark wood, unattempted yet in prose or rhyme – armed only with an orange, plastic, pumpkin bucket. Your parent or guardian is in the distance … Continue reading
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Tagged fate, Halloween, hope, poetry, uncertainty
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Welcome to this Humble Day
God, I welcome you into my humble day. Please make yourself at home. Sorry about the clutter – I forgot you were coming, and then a thousand projects of inclination left their mark. The problem with possession is that things … Continue reading
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Tagged God, hospitality, poetry, tea
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Your Monday Blessing: Once Again I Recommit to my Surrender
Your Monday Blessing: Once Again I Recommit to my Surrender Once again I recommit to my surrender to love. They point their little guns at us, there isn’t much time. Raise the mast heavenward, unfurl the rainbow flag. I stand … Continue reading
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Tagged Christianity, Islam, Jo Cox, LGBT, love, Orlando, pacifism, poetry, surrender
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Plain Speech
God loves especially the poor, for he is eager to give them everything. God loves especially the hungry, for she is eager to feed them. God loves especially those who cry, for ze is eager to wipe away their tears. … Continue reading
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Tagged beatitudes, Jesus, liberation theology, passion, poetry, trans
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Precious Moments
Precious Moments Time is a sledgehammer to porcelain, Memory, the hue of bathwater once The kids have gone to bed. The word is said, The allowance spent, quicker than the growth Of an atom outside the lab. Give, then, Each … Continue reading
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Tagged communion, poetry, Prometheus, time
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Prayer for Humility
God, I pray you might humble the grand, beautifully ornate and rather useless temple of my self-importance, and grind it into the common dust, from which the actions, and best grace, of this world are composed.
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TThe Parable of the Runners on the Corners
And he said to them listen, listen, the kingdom of heaven is like a baseball game. There are men on first and third with two outs, the catcher’s eye strays to the opposing dugout, hoping to steal a sign. A … Continue reading
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