Today is the result of the passing of yesterdays into the encroaching past. I now reckon time’spassing by the number Read more
There was a wedding in Cana, and the mother of Jesus was there… And when the wine gave out the Read more
Come, the stone church invites.Linger, pause, cease that ceaseless wandering.Wonder at this creation, this celebration of man's permanence and devotion.Grateful Read more
Black smokeClouds encircleA crowd of revellersStood outside a churchHall, fumigating the woundsOf the past, cigarette ash falls toThe earth, like Read more
Growing up I had a gentle cello teacher. She wore cashmere sweaters and sipped tea, though I hated every second Read more
First light strikes the tip of the pinesas they wave in the cutting wind while the cyan creek belowfreezes over Read more
Not feeling worthyto approach any alterI slip in unobserved,but by Thee Dear Father,hear my cryforgive my singive Mercy,mercy,onemoretime. My heart Read more
One of the most precious memories I have before my beloved Carrol died was her oft repeatedwords to me: “I Read more
What is resurrection?A grand passion playor ancient sacrifice of innocence betrayed,before rising from cold, cracked stone. A manger foretold the Read more
No one in church but me and the woman in a veil kneeling before the Cross I can’t see her Read more
ON THE THIRD OF JULY 1997, my friend of thirty-eight years, Steve Short, and his eighteen-year-old nephew were finishing a Read more
Sometime after three in the morning, he died of worry. He never saw it coming, and it took him a Read more
Small wooden houses ringed the Bethany town square. A man sat by the water well in the dusty square. Read more
"Wave ...or, a short account of the need of the Natural World to be Understood…" by Galen T. Pickett
Its first sensation was of immense power focused to a fine point from which all being emerged. It was a Read more