I’m so glad Lyla Willingham Lindquist adjusted some time to share a few poetic pearls here today as part of our Month of Making Manifest with Dave Harrity. Lyla and I have been online friends for a few years, and we first met face-to-face on the Frio River in Texas. Lyla makes me think and laugh, and is the […]
A Believable Witness by John Blase
I’m Snoopy-spin-happy today to welcome John Blase into this space as part of our series on Making Manifest. John knows how to pay attention, and when he bears witness, his words touch deep places. And someone who cries when Linus lights the tree and gives his that’s-what-Christmas-is-all-about-Charlie-Brown speech? Well, that makes them extra special. Welcome, John! […]
Just for Fun: Color Poems
Yesterday, Jennifer Dukes Lee challenged us to write color poems. I dashed one off on the color white — and tweaked it a tad here. White White is snow a sheet unfurled from heaven swirling feathers from an angel’s pillow a soft dusting like a baby’s powder. White is clouds scooped high like vanilla […]
Kissed (Making Manifest: Week Two)
I glance out my window at the crabapple tree. I wait all winter for it to burst into bloom. I watch the bright pink buds pop and the blossoms unfurl. But it’s all lasted this spring for only a brief breath, and already in the rain and chill of this week, the blooms have […]
Poetry: A Path to Intimacy by L.L. Barkat
I had no clue how to categorize my blog when I first joined The High Calling network. L.L. Barkat was the managing editor back then, and she channeled me into Culture. Culture? Are you kidding? Really? I’m pretty sure she doesn’t know how much that one small act encouraged me. Then I lived with God […]
Awakening (Making Manifest: Week One)
Here I am. How did I get to this place at this moment? How did I end up sitting at this cracked pine table at 5 a.m. on a May morning in 2014? Did I choose this place? Or did it choose me? Did I choose to work through Dave Harrity’s Making Manifest: On Faith, […]
Something Close to Holy by Tania Runyan
Tania Runyan was my mentor via her book, How to Read a Poem, when Tweetspeak Poetry double-dog dared me to spend a month with T.S. Eliot. I’m excited to have her visit today as part of our month of Making Manifest. In Making Manifest, Dave Harrity tells us to “Remember that what you create is […]
Poems are Like Bats by Megan Willome
I’ve asked several poetic-type friends to share some words with us during this month of Making Manifest. Today I welcome my dear friend, Megan Willome–who’s comparing poems to bats. Wait… What? The weather is warm, and that means one thing in Central Texas — the bats are back! These creatures of the night will […]
Counting Down to Easter 2014: 1 Word (Still Saturday)
be Word Count: 1 Day 6 – Day 1 Be In silence we’re not in control. Something larger holds us captive, and enough is enough in the interim between time. Be. Today’s Reading: Revelation 17 – Revelation 22 Don’t forget: On May 1 we start our study of Making Manifest by Dave Harrity. Learn more […]
Counting Down to Easter 2014: 2 Words
between time Word Count: 2 Today’s Reading: Revelation 8 – Revelation 16 Don’t forget: On May 1 we start our study of Making Manifest by Dave Harrity. Learn more here. In the stillness, Sandy
