whatever works

I still don’t know
if any hearts were opened.

morning solitaire

I’m making friends both left and right; why feeling so alone this morn?

committed

committing to commitment
in various versions
is differently difficult
and beautifully baffling

Perplexing Theology Stress Disorder

I MUST BE DOING THIS WRONG.

the greatest of these…

They say love lasts forever.

family ties

some days I lose my mind and they lose theirs, but mostly – we lose our hearts.

the poet’s irony

I try to write of love ~ but words ne’er flow

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.

miscommunicado

crossed wires start fires

validated

Today I live and stand in my own story.

all in the same storm?

convenient, I say, They in their boat, I in mine. Let’s just blame the storm.

I Need Permission

I wasn’t as brave as you were to face it head on.

As Ben Dances on the Edge of Heresy. Again.

Notice any gaps there?

Omar

God made poetry instead of just adjectives

The Food of Love

The music made my heart begin to beat

I thought I knew music, but none like this

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.

Isn’t it Ironic? Getting beneath the surface of the RFRA debate

Some of you who know me have heard my rant on Alanis Morisette’s 1996 hit, “Ironic”, where she sings about … More

The power of paying attention and gaining perspective

Today I will let others’ words speak: From this morning’s episode of “On Being“, with Krista Tippett: The Summer Day Mary … More