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Gratitude and Response

For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him might not perish, but might have eternal life.” John 3:16 (NAB) “Teacher, which commandment in the Law is the greatest?” He said to him, “You shall love the Lord, your God, with all your heart, withContinue reading “Gratitude and Response”

Call to Morning Prayer

The stripped window crank lies broken and useless on the windowsill. The wind groans through the window edge. The vertical edge of a vertical opening that a violent wind forced open a year ago, silent until the night wind blows. I’ve made peace with that groaning window. It’s an odd comfort to my unsettledness asContinue reading “Call to Morning Prayer”

Abundance of Grace

After the storm? Healing rain? What was the poem going through my head trying to be written before the first light of dawn peaked through the gap in my curtains? What was the song drifting through my thoughts? Spirit of gentleness . . . The gentle breeze merely lifts the dust on the sun-baked clay.Continue reading “Abundance of Grace”