Monthly Archives: March 2019

God, in the drowned places where Cyclone Idai swept through with wind and flood, so many ravens go out and do not return with needed help. Feather us like doves to bring many branches of hope. You set a rainbow … Continue reading →

God, thank you for today’s walk in the mess of new spring, and the dog who slows me down so I can smell it. He quivers at the delicatessen of melt-loosened detritus — sticks and crumbling leaves, several mittens, a … Continue reading →

(Somehow, I thought I knew all the turns and twists of this parable, but God always has one more perspective to teach me) God, help me love this one who is walking away — without imagining the worse, anticipating a … Continue reading →

God, I pray for those on a journey that they did not choose — Hagar … and also Sarah, Leah and Rachel — who had no vision of night stars or angel-ladder promise, except second hand. but it’s not just … Continue reading →

In a hole in the ground lived a hobbit, and that is a bit like me, not really expecting a lot of company, fond of second breakfast, not always ready to travel beyond the Shire-comforts of home. And yet, every … Continue reading →

By the time the angel visited Mary, the magi had been walking, for a long, long time, sometimes bruising their testicles on bony camels, mostly wondering why on earth they were following a star. Journeys always begin a long time … Continue reading →

God, this is the question I want to ask — of every parent holding a child for baptism, of every teenage confirmand, of every new member — coming from another faith community or sometimes from none — of every would-be … Continue reading →

The day my father died, hospice staff said he had weeks to live and I should drive to Orono to plan the regional youth event. They called to say — come back, he is going. and I drove back speeding … Continue reading →

I was praying this morning, God, for all the people in Mozambique and Malawi and Zimbabwe, in the midst of the terrible losses from cyclone Idai — the deaths and injury and destruction, the ongoing need for rescue and I … Continue reading →