Blessed are those who mourn for they will be comforted[1] Weeping the loss of a loved one professes the acute aching mitigating the grave anguish. Yes, grief can be overwhelming but our shadow must be embraced to find lasting comfort and joy. Sadness is inevitable… shedding true tears is both healing and necessary for wholeness.Continue reading “At a Loss”
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More Beatitudes
Some contemporary practices I believed condoned by God: Blessed are those who listen, for they will find accord Blessed are the marginalized, for they will be sustained Blessed are the builders of bridges, for they will be welcomed. Blessed are the truth-tellers, for they will have peace of mind. Blessed are the contrite for theyContinue reading “More Beatitudes”
Sense-less
How you see… is what you see[1] observe with eyes wide shut and look through the window of the soul How you listen… is what you hear be attentive to the sounds of silence and receive the noise in between the notes How you speak… is what you say entreat with your lips pursed andContinue reading “Sense-less”
Baptism
John calls, Change our ways and make straight the Way. Jesus wants to join the narrow Way… He answers the call. He asks the brazen John to baptize him – a rite of passage – to begin his ministry But John is humbly hesitant – the pain of change… the path would not simply straighten.Continue reading “Baptism”
Source
God goes as water flows… Life lives as water gives It starts with a drizzle becoming helpful rain, which saturates all the plain. Excess and melting flow to moisten and irrigate – drought to mitigate. Thirst is completely quenched all beings truly slaked taken care of and staked. Water purifies deeply… a washing essential cleansingContinue reading “Source”
Magnanimous
When we get our worldly way, often the feat’s apparent success is undone and comes under assault with an unintended result. Naturally we chafe under trial and fret with tribulation, especially at our undoing and motives misconstruing. Hardship nurtures strength. It creates possibility and fosters our assurance in God’s faithful endurance. “I have told youContinue reading “Magnanimous”
God’s Sadness
The tears God sheds are real and in harmony with creation. God’s gloom is not our doom, nor does it lessen her love for us, all of us, regardless of awareness. God’s grief is not fear of failure, She does not ache from envy, and does not compete with us. God’s anguish gives witness, SheContinue reading “God’s Sadness”
Soulmate (Psalm 139)
My Lady, You are in my bones. You are with me always in all ways; You embrace me and hold me close. From the time I wake up until I go to sleep; You are my companion every day in every way. Before a flash in my eye a sound inContinue reading “Soulmate (Psalm 139)”
Apostolic
Advocacy is listening and reflecting what is heard – an apostle is full of mercy. The world is a noisy place full of sound and fury and quiet is hard to come by. Desperate to be left alone, solo silos are created… rendering all senseless. So, chaos abounds and discord reins with desolation for theContinue reading “Apostolic”
Standing in the Stream
“Knowledge knows that a tomato is a fruit, Wisdom is not putting it in fruit salad”[1] Knowledge is knowing that righteousness is doing the right thing, Wisdom is loving with whole mind, heart, and soul. Life has often been thought of as a journey, and we imagine it as a path or road. Suppose itContinue reading “Standing in the Stream”
