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the way i see it, it might start with a gift. A delivery. An unexpected thing, wrapped up tight, but not necessarily neatly, and it might or might not have your name on it. It might be box-shaped, and it probably won’t be dripping, but it will be out of the blue. So your child [...]
Pain hardly ever looks like anything. Sometimes everything looks like it. Easter morning, with my brother at his church – full cantata; orchestra; rock band; a thousand clean people; clean in dress, style, and I would actually even bet – a good many of them cleanish in their desires, mostly. Sometimes, at the least. More [...]
Recognizing my own poverty. A friend told me tonight that a very sick very sick friend of hers that she’s been helping care for asked her to kill her tonight. I do not know her answer. It is an unimaginable question. I can’t help but reflect the mirror back on myself, wondering why so constantly [...]
sometimes it is that my heart would might break if someone touched me gently sometimes it is that my world would might shatter if someone gave a kind word sometimes it is that my hard clay would turn to quicksand if someone looked at me with tenderness is there any wonder left in why i [...]
are you only on fire when you feel that you are on fire? thomas merton wrote ‘but it cannot be explained. there is no way of telling people that they are all walking around shining like the sun.’ why are we waiting to feel what we already are? Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend [...]
So here I sit with association. And reflection. I am proud to be American. And I am embarrassed to be American. I am proud to be Christian. And I am embarrassed to be Christian. I am proud to be human. And I am embarrassed to be human. I have ideas about the sorts of associations [...]
you offer me stars you offer me houses you offer me flowers you offer me space you offer me wounds you offer me friendships you offer me trials you offer me scones and tea you offer me lightbulbs you offer me kisses you offer me godmothers you offer me cleverness you offer me words dancing [...]
At church, where on the mornings I relinquish Sunday sleep and make it to early morning choir rehearsal – I spend the service, then, sitting up in the choir loft (so churchy; itchy white robes and all); and there’s a great view of the entire sanctuary. Our church (Lutheran, for those who care) heavily involves [...]
You forgot that you were grieving Because the ice had helped hold the inner waters from leaking Like Manoa Falls out for all to see And now they cascade over rocks and under the lushness of Orchids over Palms over every ridiculous beauty And you scratch your way up the mountain face Slipping in the [...]
It’s really silly. But it’s one of the best gifts I’ve ever received. While we grew up, Mom was pretty strict about how much time my brothers, my sister, and I spent watching TV or playing video games or the like. So, like all things limited, when you get a chance to indulge, you want [...]
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