Your breath escapes… Warm wind fills my mind, Heart, and body-sails. Insider language moves, Dance-creating. Moses prayed beauty – “Establish the work of our hands.” Permanent Voice, …
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Father-Wounds
Do you have them? At the outset, I must say that I think anyone who has heard any part of my story knows that I…
Longing
Guilty. This morning I’ve been thinking through the ten commandments and how I am breaking them. I know I’m unable to extricate myself. Remembering the…
Jesus Tears
Upon a life I have not lived, Upon a death I did not die; Another’s life; Another’s death, I stake my whole eternity. Not on…
On Miracles
Why in the world (literally) does God do miracles? I’m talking about axe-heads floating, dead people waking up, blind people seeing, ears opening, cancers disappearing,…
Confessions of a Recovering Cultist
“Father” and I were surrounded by pastors. “Promise Keepers” congregating at the Georgia Dome. I don’t remember the year. He was fulfilling what he believed…
Poetry Response to Psalm 31
I’m in a class where the Psalms are taught in actual story context or alongside a text that closely resembles the elements in that Psalm….
Obscurity
In the midst of a culture that’s all about making it big, I feel the need to honor obscurity. I’m spelunking through deep caverns inside…
Beyond Eden
We’re just into the new year, and I feel a bit like I’ve awoken in another world. Not a new one necessarily, but an old…
Small Beginnings
In this holiday season, the theme of small beginnings has so been on my mind. Just over a week ago, I was with my sister…