But too often I find myself fragmented; I am continually asking God for things (in the plural), “All these things I ask of the Lord.” ~Luci Shaw, Water My Soul: Cultivating the Interior Life Word Count: 25 All the One Word Less for Lent 2015 posts are bundled here. In the stillness, Sandy […]
One Word Less For Lent 2015 – 26
Love One Another There’s a din in the air, a lion’s roar, the sound of Christians eating each other for breakfast. Love one another, he said. Here kitty, kitty. Word Count: 26 All the One Word Less for Lent 2015 posts are bundled here. In the stillness, Sandy For the entire law […]
One Word Less For Lent 2015 – 27
Frisbee Snow The yard is a china plate that shatters as I step on it. Shards skitter across its surface, slide into the trunk of a tree. Frisbee snow. Word Count: 27 All the One Word Less for Lent 2015 posts are bundled here. In the stillness (and coldness, Sandy When blizzards roar out of the north […]
One Word Less For Lent 2015 – 28
Bunny in a Bush Bella the Bad stands guard on the sill while psychodogs patrol on the bound Sound the alarm! A bunny in a bush is worth two on the ground. Word count: 28 All the One Word Less for Lent 2015 posts are bundled here. God guards you from every evil, he guards […]
One Less Word For Lent 2015 – 29
A Hint of Things I can know you as a hint of things, like a mist that streams across the field, a slow, sacred dance in dawn’s sanctuary. Give me vision to see. Word Count: 29 All the One Word Less for Lent 2015 posts are bundled here. In the stillness, Sandy A first line […]
One Word Less For Lent 2015 – 30
Ode to a Towla Worm (to the tune of “Our God is a Worm”) You have done it… climbed a tree, attached yourself, delivered your children, excreted a scarlet string to hold them, sacrificed your life. It left a crimson stain. It is finished. Word Count: 30 All the One Word Less for Lent 2015 posts are bundled […]
One Word Less For Lent 2015 – 31 (Still Saturday)
But the artificial obvious is hard to see. My eyes account for less than one percent of the weight of my head; I’m bony and dense; I see what I expect. ~Annie Dillard, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek Word Count: 31 All the One Word Less for Lent 2015 posts are bundled here. […]
One Word Less for Lent 2015 – 32
Llamapalooza Two llamas (minus red pajamas) were on the lam. The townspeople gave hot pursuit to no avail until Lassoman rumbled in ram tough and looped the loop to end the llama drama. Word Count: 32 All the One Word Less for Lent 2015 posts are bundled here. If you like Shepard Smith (Fox News), you can watch his reporting of this […]
Her Father’s Joy
“You’re just waiting to get pregnant,” my doctor assured me. But days of thermometers and planned lovemaking and monthly disappointment tore at thinned emotions, feelings also frayed from too much doing, too much identity seeking in serving. Adoption doors hid behind lines that flowed into forever. “The company wants us to move,” my […]
One Word Less For Lent 2015 – 33
A Scroll Through Facebook I feel like I just stepped into the wardrobe, and I’m waiting, waiting for “spring” in so many ways, just waiting for summer, running toward the mirage of the perfect life. Cannot wait. Word Count: 33 All the One Word Less for Lent 2015 posts are bundled here. In the […]
