Category Archives: Your Monday Blessing

Your Monday Blessing: The Calculus of Prayer

Posted on March 6, 2017 by bobjanisdillon

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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Love in Common

Posted on February 13, 2017 by bobjanisdillon

  Remember, for all of us human beings who are not yet past loving (and I would wager that is almost all of us who drag breath into our lungs), the earth is wide enough that there is a place … Continue reading →

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Your Monday(ish) blessing: No Wisdom Whatsoever

Posted on February 7, 2017 by bobjanisdillon

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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The Turtle Dove

Posted on January 31, 2017 by bobjanisdillon

Your (perennially tardy) Monday Blessing: The Turtle Dove   My faith in turtle doves is hard to quantify. I know the sound well: a throaty, mournful, muted trumpet, that collides with the atmosphere and flares out dully into glory. The … Continue reading →

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Blessing for Beginnings

Posted on January 9, 2017 by bobjanisdillon

Blessing for Beginnings If you are well, If you are fit, and ready, and healthy, And energized, Then now is the time to begin. Begin the novel, begin the exercise regime, Begin the new you, begin the home improvement, Begin … Continue reading →

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As Dark as it Gets

Posted on December 21, 2016 by bobjanisdillon

This is as dark as it gets. This is true, true dark. This is as dark as it gets, says the earth to the spirit. Don’t look up, yet, for there is nothing to see. Rush, if you must. Push … Continue reading →

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Your Monday Blessing: Third Sheep from the Left

Posted on December 13, 2016 by bobjanisdillon

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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Yes, I have Sought Salvation

Posted on November 23, 2016 by bobjanisdillon

Yes, I have sought salvation from the window of the internet browser. Just one more click, and that ought to fix the need for one more click. It takes no effort just to check if happiness is at my fingertips, … Continue reading →

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& the band paraded out

Posted on November 14, 2016 by bobjanisdillon

(after Cavafy)   & the band paraded out of Congo Square, marching to the midnight tolls, the enslaved spirits free for a time, between fourth and fifth, between Rampart and the plantation. The music drifted away, toward heaven, outstripping the … Continue reading →

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Your Monday blessing: trust

Posted on November 7, 2016 by bobjanisdillon

Not in the rulers of nations, Not in the sale of the moment, Not in my team, not in my tribe, not in my demographic. Not in any theological formulation cleverly devised by man. Not in the shotgun barrels of … Continue reading →

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