Now, heart focused on the Godhead, love makes the air too dense to breathe. His presence bathes the world in light. My eyes must squint against the glare: his holy essence, who he is. Joy jolts me unexpectedly. Reality is so rock-heavy only my lightness of being keeps me from going under. If, astonished atContinue reading “A Jolt of Joy”
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Psalm on Divine Paradox
rock solid you are no end or beginning sea caverns beneath sky spaces above all of these speak you to me your love is movement like shimmering aspens wind wafting grass splashing white water freely crashing healing sealing each rupture with fire and kindness in the stillness glory shouts you are here present everywhere aroundContinue reading “Psalm on Divine Paradox”
My Tent of Meeting
This is my “tent of meeting” where you, Lord, meet with me, no pillar of cloud necessary because you live in me. This tent is a protected space where I pour out my heart and listen as you respond. It’s portable, moving with us no matter where we go. Sometimes the tent is high upContinue reading “My Tent of Meeting”
Peace Inside the Noise
Peace seems so elusive in this fractious neighborhood where you have placed me— that is, when I contemplate the dirt and hurts and screams of metal and motors and crowds. But when I turn my heart east to the Rising Son and fix my inner eyes on light and rainbows, my inner ears on theContinue reading “Peace Inside the Noise”
New Housekeeping
Sweeping and dusting will never be enough. Redecorating schemes are all disasters: mock renewals, clever coverups. I need an undivided heart: no padlocked chambers set aside for resident anger, no halls of hard-core selfishness, no darkened corners for illicit pleasures. Instead, give me one room, round and filled with light, walls scrubbed crystal clean, whollyContinue reading “New Housekeeping”
Come Away to the Mountain!
“Come away to the mountain!” Yahweh said. And Abraham did it, feeling deep dread, hope hanging dark on a covenant thread – knowing the mount was for sacrifice, blood thrumming out the desperate price of coming close to God. “Come away to the mountain!” It was a call that brought Moses up high forty longContinue reading “Come Away to the Mountain!”
The Challenge of Love and Justice
If his love is as high as the sky and beyond and his wisdom deeper than the sea, why am I so hesitant to trust him? It has to be that I don’t get it. I cannot wrap my mind around infinity. Since his love goes on forever, with no end,always strong, rooted in hisContinue reading “The Challenge of Love and Justice”
He Comes Through
When your hands are tied, when you’re powerless and at the mercy of circumstance, that’s when God excels. His strong hand of action is waiting to move; he has the authority to conquer in every situation. He is paying attention,he never stops working.His strength is truly sufficientto accomplish anything.When you’re at a loss,just turn toContinue reading “He Comes Through”
The Legacy of Chalet Shalom
It grips my heart every time we return to Chalet Shalom: the essence of loved ones that lingers on in what they left behind. They are gone. But it’s their song they carefully recorded here in this lakeside home, built and put together as a legacy for us. And that it is. This space isContinue reading “The Legacy of Chalet Shalom”
That Unnoticed Pulsating Joy
You start a new day feeling neutral: much to do, energy low. Where is joy? But then you feed on the Bread of Life, contemplating the words of the Son, and strength infuses your soul. You bow your heart to the Holy One,grateful and reaching out in praise,remembering all he’s done for you,all that heContinue reading “That Unnoticed Pulsating Joy”
