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Saturday Reflection…
“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul alike.” John Muir This is a picture that I took at Plimoth Plantation in Plymouth, MA. It is of a secret pathway and the John Muir quote talks about…
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The Gift of February
It can be hard to see the gift if the country you’re in is North. It can be hard to see the gift if cold walled you within a fort Of slouching and huddling And turning towards ‘in’ To seek refuge from ‘out’ And bow low in chagrin. It can be hard to see the…
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Angels for Others…
“May today there be peace within. May you trust that you are exactly where you are meant to be. May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith. May you use those gifts that you have received and pass on the love that has been given to you. May you be content knowing you are a child of God. Let this presence settle…
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All go to the same place; all come from dust, and to dust all return. Ecclesiastes 3:20
Today is Ash Wednesday, the start of Lent. A Time for Everything There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: 2 a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, 3 a time to kill and a time to heal, a time…
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Consider the Lilies
Through heavy curtains Morning steals in– Gray, sullen, frowning, As though carrying a grudge Against yesterday’s tumultuous birth That scattered its gold everywhere, Bursting through windows, Streaking through the willows, Blushing the face of the pond, Then rousing soft twitterings Tucked under feathered wing. But this day arrives, perfunctory, On schedule since its Genesis. Duty…
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A Blessed Easter!
The sun always rises. Slowly. Quietly. Sometimes amidst rain. Sometimes amidst wind. Sometimes covered by clouds. But slowly, quietly, the sun always rises and shatters the darkness. God always comes to us. Sometimes quietly. Other times through a cacophony of unexpected events and “life turned upside down” experiences that stop us in our tracks. But…
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God’s Glorious Contrary Ways
Who’d ever put treasure in frail jars of clay? Come to us in our failure not strength, Choose the weakest and least, The discarded, not kings, Recruit from the gutter for His family? Who’d take objects of scorn: Vile cross, crown of thorns, And die to slay death, Conquer hell, sin and grave? Who’d pick…
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Light Always Breaks Through
If I say, “Surely the darkness shall cover me, and the light around me become night,” even the darkness is not dark to you; the night is as bright as the day, for darkness is as light to you. Psalm 139: 11&12 Today is Good Friday, the day on which we remember the crucifixion of…
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Maundy Thursday
What is Jesus dying for? “Doesn’t anyone want to listen to my story?” If we do listen, If we do hear, Our hearts break at His sacrifice at how disappointed He must be at how our deafness binds us. If we do listen, If we do hear, Grace and courage might save us.…
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Jesus Walked this Lonesome Valley
Jesus walked this lonesome valley. He had to walk it by Himself; O, nobody else could walk it for Him, He had to walk it by Himself. We must walk this lonesome valley, We have to walk it by ourselves; O, nobody else can walk it for us, We have to walk it by ourselves.…