Let there be marshes
Inspired by Austen Hartke’s Transforming: The Bible & the Lives of Transgender Christians
Blessed be the tie that binds
Easter 7c Acts 16:16–34 We sang it yesterday with gusto; The old timers love it— and the new ones will; What, do..
The long view
An abundance of horizon draws our gaze, delineates our days here at our rock-fast retirement center at the shore. Well-seasoned eyes seem..
Psalm 30 in Iambic Decameter
Hymn: Psalm 30 in Iambic Decameter (Tune: TOULON, or most any 10.10.10.10 tune) I will extol you, Lord, you’ve drawn me up, Allowing no..
Cabbage
On Sunday, I clocked a window. I whirled around and slammed it with the back of my fist. My right fist. The..
Detailing
Those head bindings rolled and laid aside in a separate place, the way the sympathetic gardener gently calls her by her name,..
Resurrection problem: A poem
It seems that John has a problem with names here: “The one whom Jesus loved” is never named, but is simply called,..
Praying my bed: A poem
This morning as I rose late with no reason not I found myself discovering the beauty of making the bed. Every motion..
Still, we blossom — A poem
I snapped a photo of this tree Dividing my front yard from my neighbors That day was a winter in spring’s clothing..
Intermission
There comes a point, halfway between the ashes and the lilies, when you stop and ask yourself “Just how did I get..
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