Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. ~Philippians 4:6-7 (NIV) Word Count: 40 So we’ve reached 40 days because I didn’t know. […]
40 Words of Lent 2014: Day 39 (Still Saturday)
“Where shall the word be found, where will the word Resound? Not here, there is not enough silence . . . Teach us to care and not to care Teach us to sit still . . .” (T.S. Eliot in “Ash Wednesday“) so that our words may be “grounded in silence.” (Richard Foster) Word Count: […]
40 Words of Lent 2014: Day 38
Is art selfish or selfless? If selfless, how can we think of it? Think of art as an icon. Think of art as a prayer. Think of art as a bodily organ. Think of art as an act of service. Word Count: 40 ~ from my notes during the opening plenary session by Gene Luen Yang titled […]
40 Words of Lent 2014: Day 37 (and a Making Manifest winner!)
Family time at the water park. Then we cut shoe patterns for Sole Hope in our hotel room. The grandgirl grimaced at the video of Ugandan children with jiggers. The next day she bought a pair of shoes for 82 dollars. Word count: 40 Today’s Reading: 1 Timothy 1 – 2 Timothy 4 NOTE: During […]
40 Words of Lent 2014: Day 36
“Poetry fills me with joy and I rise like a feather in the wind. Poetry fills me with sorrow and I sink like a chain flung from a bridge. But mostly poetry fills me with the urge to write poetry . . . ” ~Billy Collins, “The Trouble with Poetry,” in Aimless Love: New and […]
40 Words of Lent 2014: Day 35
The “one thing” each of us finds hardest to give up may be the single most significant sign to lead us to an entry door to our communion with God, if we could only recognize the importance of that choice. ~ Luci Shaw in Water my Soul: Cultivating the Interior Life Word Count: 40 Today’s […]
40 Words of Lent 2014: Day 34
Lent is a 40-day journey, I’m told. But there are actually 46 days between Ash Wednesday and Easter morning. The Sundays are feast days, not fast days. Who knew? I need to plan a new plan. A diminishing diet. A shrinking of words? Word Count: 40 Today’s Reading: Ephesians 1 – 6 “The good […]
40 Words of Lent 2014: Day 33 (Scripture Sunday)
We’ve chosen Spirit life. “That means we will not compare ourselves with each other as if one of us were better and another worse. We have far more interesting things to do with our lives. Each of us is an original.” Word Count: 40 ~ From Galatians 5:25-26 (MSG) Today’s Reading: Celebrating the wonder of […]
40 Words of Lent 2014: Day 32 (still saturday)
Morning Prayer This is the day, let it be the day of the poem today, today, today for my loves who I care for and who You care for more than I ever could because, of course, You are God. ~L.L. Barkat in Love, Etc.: Poems of Love, Laughter, Longing & Loss […]
40 Words of Lent 2014: Day 31 (Five Minute Friday – Writer)
She threw the rock in a meltdown moment. The lantern exploded into a bazillion grains of shimmered sand. He makes all things beautiful. I brushed the shards into my palm, squeezed until I bled. Then I sat down to write. Word Count: 40 Today’s Reading: 2 Corinthians 1 – 13 NOTE: “We need […]
