"I had no idea of what it'd take to catch those deeper glimpses of your fierce and fiery grace, your glory both blinding and warm, or what it'd cost." But now I know.
Loved Back Into The Light
"It’s the unknown that always undoes me. But it’s the Unseen that holds me together. And that week, the Unseen was at work. I was loved back into the Light" (Deborah Farris).
At the Door
A hungry beggar looked and asked, "Might he to one so mean impart / Such life and with it hope endow?"
All In
"As hatchlings dread the truth that they must fledge, / So trembled the small boy back from the ledge." But then his father spoke.
Moses on the Mountain
Come up, come up, and gaze across the land I’ve conquered for you with my mighty hand. Press to the height of this towering hill And look upon the promise I’ll fulfill Not for you but for them, for I am true And all men liars. Of myriad men, two From the old generation will … Continue reading Moses on the Mountain
The Shipwright and His Boat
A boat floated just off the pier, severe The sight, did not appear to quite cohere To scenes the pier was most accustomed to. Despite its watertight design, a crew That knew their ropes by day, by night, frostbite, Sun’s scorching light that did not one affright, The boat moved not a mote, did not … Continue reading The Shipwright and His Boat