Joyful Strength

Cathedrals and catacombs arenothing like this cinderblock sanctuarywith its sky-like simple ceiling,though not as blue as some I’ve seen.My sovereign Lord will hold it all together. My mind is on my homes andmy heart is with another.This language is too … Continued

I said I wanted to do something new. I said I wanted the free feeling that comes with an adventure. I said I wanted to go someplace I’d never gone before. So I finished half my homework for Tuesday on … Continued

So much for catching up on sleep this weekend. There’s poetry in my head, and I can’t sleep. Especially when I’ve been praying for some poetry for so long. And now there are words all over the place. I could … Continued

I’m settled in and smiling. The room is roomy, the roommates intelligent. One of them has a 4.0, and it’s not me. One’s pre-med, one’s doing her nursing homework while working at the library, and I haven’t been late to … Continued

I have to start packing, but I know that all my belongings will play one more measure in the rhythm of my life here. So I started by taking down the maps I had masking-taped all around my bunk. The … Continued

I don’t think I’ve ever received a pastoral visit before. The elders made their rounds when I was a small girl, but I was sent upstairs, and it was very hard to hear anything from the other side of the … Continued

… See my Tabblo>

… See my Tabblo>

Revelry down the hall.Chivalry at my side.Walk with me through all the noises,Surround me and hold me real tight.Desire to hide here forever,the knowledge we must say goodnight.Just me now, the mice, and the answerto my prayer that my soul … Continued

My father lives in Colorado now.He spends this Father’s Day in a new home.From far away I sit and ponder howhe’ll celebrate this Sunday on his own.Without his son, who followed him aroundlearning from his skills and his mistakes–and now … Continued