Am I really here? All week we’ve gathered in the Great Hall, sunk in soft sofas or perched on chairs, and faced the fireplace. And my heart burned with words and songs, and tears flowed, but they could not extinguish the flames. Since Thursday, I’ve felt embraced by the canyon and living avatars. This morning, […]
Sunday Seasoned Sayings: Tune His Praise
Fountains and ye, that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise. Join voices, all ye living Souls. Ye birds, That singing up to Heaven–gate ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise. ~John Milton, Paradise Lost The fountain at Laity Lodge
Mashed in the Making
I toast a sourdough muffin golden, two halves, and slather them with butter and mounds of strawberry freezer jam. I love the jeweled color of strawberries mashed in the making. Red to me is the color of hope. I steep a cup of Earl Grey Green, inhale the fragrance of bergamot, and settle at the […]
Monday Meditation: Baggage Drop–Baggage Claim
I leave with more weight than I came with. Not just because of all the great food they served at the ACFW Conference in St. Louis, but also because of all the free books and those I bought after I resolved not to. I’ve already paid for the airline to relieve me of my baggage, but now […]
Sunday Seasoned Sayings: The Merton Prayer
My Lord God, I have no idea where I am going. I do not see the road ahead of me. I cannot know for certain where it will end. Nor do I really know myself, and the fact that I think I am following your will does not mean that I am actually doing so. […]
Saturday Snaps: Gateway Arch
(The Gateway Arch, St. Louis, MO) I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. They will come in and go out, and find pasture. ~John 10:9 (NIV)
Poetry as Rust
There is change in the breaking when flakes of feeling surface, exposed, blister and bleed on paper, transformed into a poetic patina of words stripped from the heart. Responding to the challenge Photography and Poetry as Rust through The High Calling and T.S. Poetry Press. If you have time, check out my “rusty” photo set on Flickr.
Fluff and Penny Rolls (Repost)
I’m rushing around trying to get ready to leave Wednesday for the ACFW Conference. So today I offer up a repost. Forgive me? My checking account does not look good right now. We’ve had some large extra expenses this month, and I have not prepared well. I fear an overdraft. I’m glad I […]
Sunday Seasoned Sayings: Stand Still and See
(Sanderling standing still at the edge of Lake Superior) Now then, stand still and see this great thing the Lord is about to do before your eyes! ~1 Samuel 12:16 (NIV)
Saturday Snaps: The Praying Mantis
Glimpse the grin, green metal mug at masks the pseudo-saintly bug . . . And faintly whisper, Lord deliver us. From The Praying Mantis by Ogden Nash with photos by The Droid Lifting a prayer for you today, So this is my prayer: that your love will flourish and that you will not only love […]
