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”
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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”
Putting Away
When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put away childish things. —1 Corinthians 13:11, NLT These last few days, putting away the tree, finding a place for every new trinket and gift, clearing out some things well past their usefulness, taking longContinue reading “Putting Away”
Where Did the Slow Go?
Why is this October almost over? I’ve just begun to sink into this falling month, when sunset comes with dinner, when the moon beckons us to look up and look far, when the wind turns in from the north, whispers stories through leaves, when life is supposed to slow, allow us to gather up parts Continue reading “Where Did the Slow Go?”
Poetic Meanderings 