When morning bright awakens eyes: awaken tongue; awaken mind. When birdsong sounds the new of day: sing, soul and heart; sing new pathways. When yesterday creeps back to minds: awaken, spirit; transform flesh. When patterns threaten, dead songs groan: listen, heart, to Spirit’s song. Turn the sounds of self to silence;Continue reading “Lent: New Song 2”
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Lent: New Song 1
Oh sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord all the earth!…Tell of his salvation from day to day. (Psalm 96:1, 2b) Old songs rot in dead ears; Old ruts of thought declare: That was not me I will try harder I had no choice That’s just the person thatContinue reading “Lent: New Song 1”
Lent: Emmaus 2
The heavens are telling the glory of God – (tweet tweet, like like, instant message) His voice goes out to the ends of the earth – (I fast, I tithe, I pray twice a day) Heaven and earth will pass away – (Lord, let me sit at your right hand) Before HisContinue reading “Lent: Emmaus 2”
Burnt-out Prayer: For Ash Wednesday
King: I cannot come to You however I choose yet all I am is a bundle hurriedly put together, no sack cloth, no ashes, hair still mussed from slumber, limbs dragging, soul flat, feet not yet expecting to walk… Can I come to You as a stowaway, scarcely awake, found among cargo, hiding like JonahContinue reading “Burnt-out Prayer: For Ash Wednesday”
My Jonah Heart
Recite this catalogue of wrongs: I loved this tree – if you loved me I always knew – I told you so… And all the while in Ninevah the people weep in ash. Uphold your cause; God may forget the hurts you hold, the wounds you bear. The tree’s shade is your natural right. ShakeContinue reading “My Jonah Heart”
Kyrie (Cornucopia of Heaven)
Kyrie After Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, “Missa Papae Marcelli: Kyrie” From earth, from soil, from hearts, from fractures Kyrie Kyrie From death, from fire, from quake, from anguish Kyrie Kyrie From drought that blocks, from self that locks Kyrie eleison From sin, from toil, from pride, from hate Christe Christe FromContinue reading “Kyrie (Cornucopia of Heaven)”
Lent 5: First Sunday of Lent
So bones, built to follow, ache When trapped inside guilt’s cave. Tongues, carved to praise, grow numb When, dry and thick with sin, they lie in silence. And hearts, taught to turn upwards in trust, Grow ashen when no light has space to shine. Open, heart. Untangle, tongue. Bones, rejoice. Redemption lightContinue reading “Lent 5: First Sunday of Lent”
Lent 2: Thursday After Ash Wednesday
The soil says that we are dust; In dust and soil we stand. A voice from in the wilderness Calls out, Prepare the way… In dust a child lays its head, In sawdust whittles wood And takes on ash and dust for us And washes in the sea. In ash and dust we wait forContinue reading “Lent 2: Thursday After Ash Wednesday”
Lent 1: Ash Wednesday
Ash marks the face where the image was lost; dust marks the skin once shaped from it. Ash marks the doors to these bodies of dirt; grace marks the scars skinned upon it. Death marks the flesh once inspired by Life; Life pays the cost to respire it. Steps mark the knees bent upon themContinue reading “Lent 1: Ash Wednesday”
“Shriven” – Streaming Page CXVI Day 7
Today is Shrove Tuesday, a day simultaneously associated with pancakes and confession of sin. It is also the day before Lent begins, with Ash Wednesday’s focus on repentance: a day of feasting before the fast begins. Today’s song, the final track from Page CXVI’s “Lent to Maundy Thursday”, is a beautiful reflection on the loveContinue reading ““Shriven” – Streaming Page CXVI Day 7″
The Consolations of Writing 