On New Year’s day, I walked into a cloud that settled on the neighbor’s field, now cleared of corn. I could not gaze to the silver grain bins, like unlabeled…
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DUE TO THE INSENSITIVITY OF CHRISTIANS AROUND ME OR HOW OTHER CHRISTIANS KEPT A BROKEN REED SMOKING BY CUPS OF WATER OR LORD BE GENTLE (Note: As I’ve been reading Brad…
In December, the pup wakes us at 4:30. Outside we see Orion standing in the eastern sky, close to the horizon, swollen like a god who could reach out his…
October falls away from summer’s sunlight, reaching out like a woman on a bus, reaching to touch her lover one last time. He gazes at her, eyes radiant with love…
The world is tipping towards darkness, where the moon, when she’s not covered with clouds reigns, and Orion throws his thigh over the eastern horizon. He mounts the sky when…
In Transfiguring Time Olivier Clement says, “…Those who make even the least gesture in the name of the Lord have more impact on the destiny of the world than any…
Writing about my friend moving to an assisted living place from a lovely condo, and how she had sorted through years of belongings and how I need to get started…
It was last minute, but we decided to help someone from church move from a condo to a tiny apartment in an assisted living facility so she could be near…
Sometimes rain comes flouncing in –a drama queen, a prom queen, maybe even a bride, full of flounce and rustle. She throws her arms out, shakes her boobies. Sometimes she…