is a moose getting up late, I wonder on my walk along a river’s edge, without another human soul in sight, acutely aware my shoes are not made for running—relieved to find a bird, perhaps as large as a grouse, rustling in an abundance of leaves can make a lot of fuss this poem aboutContinue reading “Not as Alone as I Think”
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Back Alley Stroll
the alley is lined with pallet composters, filled with this fall’s dumping of flowers and trailing vines; a series of uniform black plastic bins, and ubiquitous overhead wires— this is where we live collectively, and individually monotone garage doors framed with suspect cameras suggest a wealth of items under wraps, despite a hazard of thingsContinue reading “Back Alley Stroll”
The Simple Life, Simplified
A hunger for liberty, a desire to walk in the light of what is known, a taste for truth, willing to say yes and no in equal measure, these are the basic ingredients in spiritual formation. to be shaped into a person who walks in the light of truth: this might be a good enoughContinue reading “The Simple Life, Simplified”
Writing My Name
Did Jonah write his name on the wall of the belly of the whale, leave his mark, press his flesh into the immutable will of God in this time the Bible says he was shut up— to become who he really was? Is there somewhere I need to do that: embrace the will of GodContinue reading “Writing My Name”
In the Square
A medicant beggar in a town square, a medieval figure seeks charity and finds when people give him the time of day, a dollar or sandwich to get by on, something shifts in their eyes, their face: they walk away, or sit for a while, changed, more at home with being charitable— with risingContinue reading “In the Square”