Tuesday Haikus: Darknesses
Lights alight ‘fore dawn as night life disappears and day life takes command The dark beams with life while the light assume’s it’s right ’bout evil and good. Continue reading Tuesday Haikus: Darknesses
Bible Leads: Hebrews 11:32-12:3
TEXT Hebrews 11:32-12:3 And what more should I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets— who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, obtained promises, shut the mouths of lions, quenched raging fire, escaped the edge of the sword, won strength out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight. … Continue reading Bible Leads: Hebrews 11:32-12:3
Haiku Cycling: Awake Now
Awake now dark, quiet, alone with myself With myself I am not alone. Yes, I am. Yes, I am both proud and humble and a joke. And a joke only lives as long as laughter. As laughter overflows the room, I cower. I cower, red face, hot ear lobes not hearing. Not hearing myself, God or you Anymore Anymore it’s getting harder to pretend. To … Continue reading Haiku Cycling: Awake Now
Humpday Devo: The Body is a Temple
This week’s Humpday Devo is about BODIES. Scripture Proverbs 20:29 The glory of youths is their strength, but the beauty of the aged is their grey hair. Poem I Sing the Body Electric, by Walt Whitman 1 I sing the body electric, The armies of those I love engirth me and I engirth them, They will not let me off till I go with them, respond … Continue reading Humpday Devo: The Body is a Temple
Tuesday Haikus: Pictures at My Desk
I’m from there, been there, Seen that, experienced that. How am I still lost? Bald lady singing “Yes, we have no bananas” Staving off cruel death Continue reading Tuesday Haikus: Pictures at My Desk
Bible Leads: Mark 16:1-8
TEXT Mark 16:1-8 When the sabbath was over, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him.And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. They had been saying to one another, ‘Who will roll away the stone for us from the entrance … Continue reading Bible Leads: Mark 16:1-8
Page One: On the Widow’s Mite
Page One is a longhand stream of consciousness engagement of the text I’ve been studying this week. So Jesus is watching the Treasury. Certainly his reputation has preceded him. He has cleansed the temple and has condemned it as a den of robbers. Yet the rich come in and make hefty donations. It’s what they do. In exchange they get to schmooze with the scribes, … Continue reading Page One: On the Widow’s Mite
Humpday Devo: Forgiveness
This week’s Humpday Devo is about Forgiveness. Scripture Matthew 18:21-22 Then Peter came and said to him, ‘Lord, if another member of the church* sins against me, how often should I forgive? As many as seven times?’ Jesus said to him, ‘Not seven times, but, I tell you, seventy-seven* times. Poem “Forgiveness” Each moment things forgive you. All your hours Are crowded with rich penitence … Continue reading Humpday Devo: Forgiveness
Bible Leads: Mark 12:38-44
TEXT Mark 12:38-44 As he taught, he said, “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and to be greeted with respect in the marketplaces, and to have the best seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets! They devour widows’ houses and for the sake of appearance say long prayers. They will receive the greater condemnation.” He sat … Continue reading Bible Leads: Mark 12:38-44
Humpday Devo: Children’s Sabbath
This week’s Humpday Devo is about Children’s Spirituality, in recognition of Children’s Sabbath: this weekend. Scripture Matthew 18:1-5 At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, ‘Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?’ He called a child, whom he put among them, and said, ‘Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like children, you will never enter the kingdom of … Continue reading Humpday Devo: Children’s Sabbath
