Poems

God’s message at eventide

Sun sinks west 
       at God’s behest, 
while I look east 
       my glorious feast 
              is pink—
like lemonade ...

When I travel

I am not going anyplace 
   different or separate 
      from where I 
now reside: 
         in the fields of 
      infinity …

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From Church

The demand for church

I like to think of each church that grows up in a community as that community's answered prayer for the presence of the saving Christ—the message of God's love for humanity.

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A matter of fact

Evil is not a thing.
It’s just all the imagined
wrong answers2+2=4 is not dogged
by 2+2 as 7 ...

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God is All—right now, right here

Shepherd, show me how to go; 
Tell me what I need to know. 

Move my tired feet along 
To the path where I belong. 

Give me …

Time

Time, you are not the master of good 
One alone holds the world in Her embrace ...

Today

Eternal Mind
   has known us
ever since the only,
   the beginning …

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From Safety

A safe refuge

Trust in God opens the door to a safe refuge, always available and always at hand.

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From Free from Contagion

Bringing our prayers to the threat of contagion

Prayer can lift us out of the swirl of fear, and it can be a calming, healing influence in our communities as well.

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The story of Christmas

Out of the darkness...

God holds Her child

Christmas: dawning, opening, unfolding ...

If Christmas …

is just a day—
even a momentous day 
in long ago Bethlehem—
how can Christmas 
be more than seasonal? 

But if Christmas …

A star within

It looks like summer light is switched off as cold autumn comes. Oh, but when darkness deepens...
Am I eagerly awake as were the shepherds? Or Am I sleepily tending only the sheep—the busyness and issues in my life? Listen …

Your spiritual destination is here

You’ve arrived; 
  you’re not getting “there.” 
There’s no future place to be, 
just here and now.

Your being is …