For better or worse, now we can see ourselves,
in this family, among these brothers.
On Reading Genesis 3-11 (2014)
What was it like when you walked
with humans at the close of day?
On Reading Genesis 25-35
Promises, promises, promises—
you are still a God long on promises;
Reading Genesis 12-24 (2014)
Promises, promises, promises—
Lord, you are a God long on promises
A Prayer for All the Students (2014)
Where did the time go?
Five years, only yesterday,
we brought her home,
tiny and defenseless.
Reading Genesis 1-2 (For Creation 2014)
Lord God, who created this world,
and all that is in it to be good—very good.
For Detained Children (2014)
Who will overlook legal status,
and see them as your children,
those made in your image?
A Little Hope - Before Surgery (2014)
Lord, a little hope is a good thing,
a little light, a little newness, a little chance.
Colorado, Near Hancock (July 2014)
Clouds amble across the divide, a perfectly blue backdrop;
the tree line is within arm’s reach, lone pines determined to live.
Colorado (July 2014)
Ah Lord, if only I stopped to listen, give attention, eyes closed;
at home I would hear the music of the West.
The Keeper (Futbol Fever, June 2014)
Lord, I hope you are in good spirits today,
that you will forgive me, but I can’t keep myself.
For the Preachers (#3)
Lord, we are torn on this last day:
we want to go home to our families.
For the Preachers (#2)
Lord, it would be so much easier
if we could just preach trust, without having to trust you.
For the Preachers (#1)
Lord, only you know what these servants give:
the sacrifices they lay on your altar –
week after week, Sunday after Sunday.
Senior Blessing (April 2014)
Today, Lord, we hand them back,
four years older, and we pray, wiser
Prayer for a Grandson
In days to come you and I will have much to talk about;
and a lot of mischief to get into.
The Lord's Prayer (#3)
I try to keep up my speed, but I stumble over these words;
puzzled by these ideas: kingdom and your will
The Lord's Prayer (#2)
Our Father who art in Heaven, hallowed be your name;
we continue in a constant hurry, eager to get somewhere else
The Lord's Prayer #1
Our Father who art in Heaven we pray so quickly,
without so much as a pause to catch our breath
Ash Wednesday (March 2014)
Between dust becoming and dust returning,
what does this reminder insist of me today?