The 60-Second Sabbath

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  • Boots and Pants

    Boots and pantsand boots and pantsand pigs and batsand pigs and batsand glutes and latsand glutes and latsand wings and flapsand wings and flapsand maps and chartsand maps and chartsand fits and startsand…         …fits and startsand hearts and… Continue reading

  • Fear Not

    The angel appeared."Fear not," he said. "You always say that," I said."Whenever you pop in,you always start with,'Fear not.'What's up with that?" He sighed."Because no one listenswhen they're afraid–not to spouses, neighbors, friends,family members, store clerks–they just don't listen.It's so… Continue reading

  • The Puzzle

    Pieces of my lifeeverywhere… …forgotten at the bottom of my sock drawer,    slipped behind the shoe rack in the closet,    abandoned in the cabinet in the guest bathroom,    tucked into a photo album,    lost among WordPerfect docs on my hard… Continue reading

  • Lent

    L is for the lunch nobody packed for me;E is for the emptiness,    not only of my stomach,    but of my future;N is for the nourisment I lack,    physically, emotionally;T is for the traffic flying past this… Continue reading

  • Are You Free?

    What qualities of your motherhave you absorbed into your personality?And have you done so by choice? What values of your fatherhave you incorporated into your worldview?And have you done so by choice?  What teachings of your childhood faithhave you blended… Continue reading

  • Perfection

    After month upon month in ICUmy sister reached perfectionand said,"Enough."The word came from a puffy, pale face,beneath what had been a crown of thick, cascading hair,but was now only scattered brown tufts. "Be ye perfect,"Jesus had said to her.Hers was… Continue reading