Slowly appreciation swells to astonishment. And we enter the dialogue of our lives that is beyond all understanding or conclusion. It is mystery. It is love of God. It is obedience.
04266 – The Dialogue of our Lives
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04161 – Kindness, Mischief, Singing
I believe in kindness. Also in mischief. Also in singing, especially when singing is not necessarily prescribed.
03715 – Dazzled!
It must be a great disappointment to God that we are not dazzled at least ten times a day.
03462 – Two Gifts
In this universe we are given two gifts: the ability to love, and the ability to ask questions. Which are, at the same time, the fires that warm us and the fires that scorch us.
03370 – Hell and Earth
Truly, we live with mysteries toomarvelous to be understood.How grass can be nourishing in themouths of the lambs.How rivers and stones are foreverin allegiance with gravitywhile we ourselves dream of rising.How two hands touch and the bonds will never be broken.how...
03096 – Three Things
To live in this world, you must be able to do three things: to love what is mortal; to hold it against your bones knowing your own life depends on it; and, when the time comes to let it go, to let it go. from In Blackwater Woods
02852 – “I Worried”
I worried a lot. Will the garden grow, will the riversflow in the right direction, will the earth turnas taught, and if not how shallI correct it?Was I right, was I wrong, will I be forgiven,can I do better?Will I ever be able to sing, even the sparrowscan do it and I...
02757 – A Box Full of Darkness
Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.
02658 – Knowing & Beginning
…One day you finally knewwhat you had to do, and began...
02462 – This Fresh Morning
It is a serious thing just to be alive on this fresh morning in the broken world.