
The day began with coffee
Sought beauty
Ended in decision
the point at which two
infinite lines meet
and cross
was foreshadowed
we begin
countdowns
of sorts
love saturates
the planning
and the planners
alike

The day began with coffee
Sought beauty
Ended in decision
the point at which two
infinite lines meet
and cross
was foreshadowed
we begin
countdowns
of sorts
love saturates
the planning
and the planners
alike

The day began with coffee
Sought beauty
Ended in decision
the point at which two
infinite lines meet
and cross
was foreshadowed
we begin
countdowns
of sorts
love saturates
the planning
and the planners
alike

Hope is born
and we wait
for this peaceful Savior
to mature
in us
our hearts
our actions
to be loosed
to live
in us
bearer of infinite
new chances
for life
through
our
lives

Hope is born
and we wait
for this peaceful Savior
to mature
in us
our hearts
our actions
to be loosed
to live
in us
bearer of infinite
new chances
for life
through
our
lives

Oddly
Christmas arrives
only when love
set free of all the glitter
shines though
the world
the worst
prevails
only the outlasting love
heralds
the twelve-ness
of hope
and so we shine

Oddly
Christmas arrives
only when love
set free of all the glitter
shines though
the world
the worst
prevails
only the outlasting love
heralds
the twelve-ness
of hope
and so we shine

I had an opportunity today to help someone seeking another place and we stood for a while as I explained the path from where we were to where she needed to be I thought she hesitated passed by took courage and called me back in the beginning so I stretched my face to smile to be simple and present the seconds ticked by gently as it became clear that we’d stumbled upon some blessing in the hurly…

I had an opportunity
today
to help someone
seeking another place
and we stood for a while as I explained the path
from where we were
to where she needed to be
I thought she hesitated
passed by
took courage and
called me back in the beginning
so
I stretched my face to smile
to be simple and present
the seconds ticked by gently
as it became clear that
we’d stumbled upon some blessing in the hurly burly
the here-ing and there-ing
and though we may never meet again
we travelers may long remember
the pathway to heaven
made of eyes and smiles

Like carrying water
and chopping wood
but so much more mundane
folding socks
and culling stockpiles
sweeping
the old fashioned way
stooping to fill the dust pan
simple and quiet actions
that recall singularly so many
lessons of doing
of having done
the small needful
offices
that amount to life

Like carrying water
and chopping wood
but so much more mundane
folding socks
and culling stockpiles
sweeping
the old fashioned way
stooping to fill the dust pan
simple and quiet actions
that recall singularly so many
lessons of doing
of having done
the small needful
offices
that amount to life