…like streams of water in the desert and the shadow of a great rock in a parched land. — from Isaiah 32:2 Let us put to sleep our distress, stow our woes in sunken chests, hide away our sorrows, push down the unrest of our weary souls, not in denial of a difficult world, butContinue reading “A Balance of Truth”
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Dawn Chorus
“I would like to paint the way a bird sings.” — Claude Monet What do the birds know that makes them join the dawn chorus, silhouettes on a wire, shadows underneath a sleepy moon — they are as primed to greet the sun as the mellow lunar orb is ready to retreat, find rest withinContinue reading “Dawn Chorus”
What Is
Then He asked them, “But who do you say I am?” — Matthew 16:15 In the newness of another year, in the dew of dawning possibility, in the January-cold reality that winter must finish before spring begins, in the resetting of dates to celebrate all yearly hallmarks that hold meaning, in the realization that timeContinue reading “What Is”
Night Watches
When I remember You on my bed, I meditate on You in the night watches. — Psalm 63:6 In the days leading up to the shift, the shiny hour that chimes in a new year, I begin to reflect — What have I learned? What do I regret? What comes next? I read listsContinue reading “Night Watches”
Resolve
Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky…., Ring in the valiant man and free, The larger heart, the kindlier hand; Ring out the darkness of the land, Ring in the Christ that is to be. — Alfred Lord Tennyson I see you hovering near, a demarcation of change, but before you descend, before anotherContinue reading “Resolve”
The Surrendered Gift
Give as freely as you have received! — Matthew 10:8 We left the torn and crumpled paper under the tree until this morning — a reminder of an anticipation that feeds a Christmas longing — to give and to receive, but it is more than an exchange of trinkets, it is the desire to relate,Continue reading “The Surrendered Gift”
Peace
I walked out into spring on Christmas Eve — a pink sky, a warm breeze — and time became meaningless as I was stilled into that perfection, the beauty of the calm and joyful hope — there will be peace on earth. —C.L. Fisher, December 2021 Unless otherwise indicated, all writings and images are theContinue reading “Peace”
Cheer
“I say to myself that I shall try to make my life like an open fireplace, so that people may be warmed and cheered by it and so go out themselves to warm and cheer.” —George Matthew Adams Why is it we love this season’s return? Perhaps because the notes of change are so muchContinue reading “Cheer”
To Feel
I walked out to feel the sun on my face, to allow my limbs to stretch and wake, to move away from the virtual, so much of my time spent inside a computer program where there is no warmth, just pixels of information demanding my attention, but outside, under a tree, among the little daisies,Continue reading “To Feel”
The Lovely Sunshine
The Lord, the Mighty One, is God, and He has spoken; He has summoned all humanity from where the sun rises to where it sets. — Psalm 50:1 Stand in the lovely sunshine today, allow the rays to rain glorious warmth over your face, feel the heat on your shoulders, see the light and shadowContinue reading “The Lovely Sunshine”
Poetic Meanderings 