God breathes in us    and in the world.God breathes through us    and through the world. This in-breath,    this out-breath–creative, embodying,    incarnating, enlivening: Christ-breath,    Spirit-breath,Christ breathing,    Spirit breathing. This inhalation–    God rebirths the world,this… Continue reading

These words in my head    are authored by God.Who am I    not to voice them? These images in my eyes    are impressed by God.Who am I    not to disclose them? These songs in my chest   … Continue reading

You fashion us for joy,    yet it eludes us.You mean us for joy,    yet pain blinds us to it–        the world's pain,        our community's pain,        our family's pain,        our… Continue reading

Luke's version of the Christmas story    invites us to turn our attentionto the embodiment of Christ    in the untidy ordinary:         a baby born in back-water Bethlehem,            a poor family shivering in subpar… Continue reading

O God of Time and Eternity,    you hold all moments–past, present, and future–    while we know only this moment,this single speck of Time. All moments are yours,    only this moment is ours,and now it is gone,   … Continue reading

Ironic, isn't it, that the one story we have of Jesus' boyhood    is one in which he pisses off his parents? They've been to Jerusalem for Passover,    likely traveling with friends and family,and after a day of walking back toward… Continue reading

Returning,    I find my original home,        this, my real birthplace,    and wings to fly,    and eyes to look upward,    and a glass of water,        one sip of which,            restores my rainbow… Continue reading

"I am what I am,"    I say,"and that by the grace of God."     [No apologies.] I AM —     the great, eternal I AM,from burning bush    to John's journey with Jesusto this,    to me, to us… I… Continue reading

Think less. Thinking can be    a swollen, turgid stream        overflowing its banks,        ripping out shrubs and trees,        washing away roads,    a roaring, careless destroyer. Silence thought;    let the storm pass. When the waters… Continue reading

I wonder:    Where is the Path? It appears as I take    my first step,not before. It's a step of faith    taken despite uncertainty,with trepidation,    but there it is,the Way I've been awaiting.    Huzzah! Next step the same, … Continue reading