T.S. Poetry Press extended an invitation to create a Wordle using “some kind of poetic grist” for a linkage and possible feature over at the Tweetspeak Poetry blog next week. A Wordle is a toy that generates a “word cloud” from input text. “The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the […]
Textures of Text: Just… A Moment
There’s a place I go when I need to center. When my spirit feels a bit ruffled. When I have just a moment. I go to Just… a Moment. Susan Etole sees deep. She finds the incredible through her camera lens and pairs her images with simple words. Beautiful words. Like these lines from Monday’s […]
Textures of Text: Blessings and Prayers for a Deep See Diver
My small group is immersed in Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus (How the Jewishness of Jesus Can Transform Your Faith) by Ann Spangler and Lois Tverberg. I will be sorry to see this study end and glad that I have the book to refer to again and again. To get a vision […]
Textures of Text: King of My Heart
Everywhere I turn these days, it’s about the heart. There’s the one that beats within my chest. The one for which I have to wear this goofy event monitor for a whole month and then stress it in a couple of days. The one that controls my physical body. But there’s also the one […]
Words: Bullets and Butterfly Kisses
The grandgirl had an attitude. With her mom. And then with me. I sent her to her room. She came out in a while, asked if she could come into my office, and apologized. “I let my actions take over,” she said. Yes, yes you did. And that’s a really good insight. Where did you […]
Textures of Text: Book Review~The Final Summit by Andy Andrews
Who: David Ponder, whisked away by the archangel Gabriel, together with a large assortment of well-known historical figures. What: A summit meeting. When: In the midst of personal distress following David’s beloved wife’s death. Where: An auditorium, presumably somewhere in heaven. Why: To answer the question, “What does humanity need to do, individually and collectively, […]
Textures of Text: Getting Down with Jesus
She’s a blogging friend, a contributing editor for The High Calling network and a cross-eyed sister. She’s taught me to see crosses in all kinds of places. And now she has me looking for the letter Y. Her name is Jennifer Dukes Lee. And I think she’s pretty special. She used to be a news […]
Textures of Text: Stone Crossings–Doubt
They come. Irritating like grit under a contact lens. Like a dog hair embedded in the sole of my foot. Slivers of doubt. They creep in unannounced, uninvited, and unwanted. How could a loving God allow thousands of souls to be swept out to sea? What if life really is all an accident? What […]
Textures of Text: Stone Crossings–Baptism
Crows hang near the house today. Perch in the tree across the drive. When I see crows, I think of my baptism. My first one anyway. That just isn’t right. I walked several blocks to church when I was in nursing school. Not every week. And not many weeks. But enough weeks to build up […]
Textures of Text: Because He Lives
I sat on the choir platform, and my eyes floated in pools as we sang. Because He lives, I can face tomorrow, Because He lives, all fear is gone; Because I know He holds the future, And life is worth the living, Just because He lives! It was our last Sunday in this church. The […]
