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 […]
Making Manifest: Introduction by Dave Harrity
Today’s the day we start our devotional journey through Making Manifest: On Faith, Creativity, and the Kingdom at Hand by Dave Harrity, and I’m all tingly with anticipation. I can’t wait to see what happens when a group of us intentionally take some time over the month to daily slow down, still ourselves, listen, and create a […]
Making Manifest: Your Days Are Waiting
Your days are waiting to be left behind. So now, before sleep or waking make you forget, etch in yourself this moon, this leaf, this star. ~ from “Your Days Are Waiting” by Dave Harrity Tomorrow is the day. The day we begin our 28-day devotional journey through Making Manifest: On Faith, Creativity, […]
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
Counting down to easter 2014: 5 words
Something larger holds us captive Word Count: 5 Today’s Reading: 1 Peter – 2 Peter Don’t forget: On May 1 we start our study of Making Manifest by Dave Harrity. Learn more here. In the stillness, Sandy
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 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 30 (Plus An Invitation and a Giveaway!)
“We need solitude in a world that wants to visit, quiet from a world that wants idle chit-chat, and steadfastness in a world where everything’s changing and transient. We need time to gather the little pieces of ourselves that scatter.” Word Count: 40 ~Dave Harrity in Making Manifest: On Faith, Creativity, and the Kingdom at […]
