Poems

"Having ears. ..."

It is not a bad thing sometimes to listen.

The question arises

Would you ever begin toconsider undertaking the jobof rewriting the Holy Bible?

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From Overcoming grief

What death does not do

We go on gaining moment by moment in the understanding that God is the only real Life.

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Trust

God-powered, tender thrust—the angel-prod toward trust—permits no rooted stancewhen time comes to advance.

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The old... the new...

Ancients preached      the wrath of God.

"Delight thyself also in the Lord"

Silently, meekly, adoringly,I praise God for His allness, ever-presence,wholeness, indestructibility.

All Are Welcome

He stood outside the Reading Roompressing his face against the glassreading the Bible,in faded jeans,long hair, tangled beard;looking tired, hungry.

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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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From Pregnancy and childbirth

For expectant mothers

The more fully we accept the spiritual nature of birth, the more effortlessly we can demonstrate that nothing has occurred from which one needs to recover.

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Remembering justice

Upon our visiting you,I can only imagine what it must have been like—imprisoned, for a crime you didn't commit,your freedom withheld—like cold, tearless sorrow.

Bethesda poolside

Among the pigeonholed me-first multitudeall glued to eventual material breakthroughone, humanly helpless, looked up,responsive to the ever-rousing presenceand exalting now-powerof the healing Christ!
A small change can make a big difference.

A prayer

God is my friend and God is my All.

The right question?

I said,"Listen, God,why don't You answer?

Doorkeeper

Gratitude it isthat holds the doorof thought wide openfor good's endless more,yet strongly guards the entrancefrom all sin,allowing only graceand glory in.