We’re in a holding pattern,not sure where to land,and we’re not just going to settlefor just any patch of sand.We’re not planning how to crash;we’re not running out of fuel.We are looking how to ground ourselvesto work towards earth’s renewal.
If all the broken glass in Bogotácame to a pointand held itself togetherwith fine lead at every joint,and the glow that tints the cloudsin the dark of nightcame in close and shone straight through that glassin one tremendous light,and if … Continued
We put the Bibles on the highest shelf,a place of honor we can hardly reach.But when God gave His Word and gave Himself,he stooped down low to heal and save and teach.
Would it be easier for you to build bookshelvesor to get rid of books? Getting rid of books is harder than it looks.But keeping them means shelving themand dusting themand moving themand sometimes even using themas decor upon the mantelwhen … Continued
We made the chickens’ ladder steep–the length too short, the drop too deep.But in the morning, it is funto see the chickens jump and run.And the clouds are pink and grayas bright-eyed chickens greet the day.
I know I’m s’posed to love my neighbor,but how’m I s’posed to love these strangers?I see their cars; they come and go,but the people I don’t know.So while I figure this one out,I’ll give the benefit of the doubtto these … Continued
I think I need one of thoseflow meters for my noseso I can measure all this snot’cause all I know is there’s a lot.
Oh yes, there are days when I ask, “What have I done?” and the answer is so little, but I’m still feeling young. Oh yes, there are days when I ask, “What are we doing?” Like a midlife crisis, except … Continued
There’s lots of poems lost in the darkbecause they failed to make a mark.Flung from the bow inside my mind,they wander, but they’ll never finda place to land in outer spacebefore they break, disintegrateor burn up in the atmosphereand fall … Continued