Unwrapping the Gift of Wenceslas

I have to be honest; I’ve never liked this carol much.

blackened quiet

knowing the nature of cycles is often all that moves us forward.

Right On Time

I once had a therapist who said dreams mean nothing – just nocturnal synaptic activity as our brain filters and sorts our waking activity.

REhumanization

The FIve-Fold Path

fixed/done

The Savior shunned no one except those who were “fixed/done”

sanctuary

sanctuary should always be wherever we find ourselves…

gilt-deep compassion

Time to put some more of our “White Gilt” to work.

Another Land

Yo soy de otra tierra

God is not dead

God is not dead, nor doth He sleep

for what will be

Choose today to consider “why” we are blessed.

evangel

color me puzzled and tired.

slow dance

she tends with love. dirt-covered hands
- still painful – cleansing the insides, to her soul’s very depths, as only fertile soil can.

a book of many pages

Oh, that’s sounding better – God’s deeds and not mine /
perhaps I am still off the hook /
but who fought the “physical” part – got in line? /
you’ve got to remember to read the whole book.

Jagged Bones

I need you to see some flesh on the jagged bones of the life themes I’ve expressed in my poetry.

righteous? anger

when love and indignation muddle, ’tis hard – which to express?

lost and found

peace can still be found but you have to look for it.

simple gifts

the best of all gifts
come from the heart and the hands
touch you head to toe

Sunrise

What
to do
with this Life?

Blessings and Breakage – Thoughts on Christmas and 2017

Blessings and breakage live perilously close to one another.

At times, blessings and breakage intertwine, to the point where you often can’t tell one from the other, if, in fact, they are not already one and the same.

Caveats

I make no claim of being more correct than another in theology or orthodoxy, and in no way will I intend to belittle or judge anyone else’s theology, orthodoxy, or lack thereof.