God alone is enough By Teresa of Avila Let nothing upset you, let nothing startle you. All things pass; God does not change. Patience wins all it seeks. Whoever has God lacks nothing: God alone is enough.
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Praising God, wherever, whenever
I find that it’s important to have low tech ways of praising God. Ways that don’t require electricity or electronics or anything other than yourself and what you have with you. Sometimes I take a more liturgical approach and experiment with praising God through ritual acts and poetry. Other times I take a more contemporaryContinue reading “Praising God, wherever, whenever”
Haiku – Foolish God
The wisdom of God Is unwise by world standards Fooling everyone
How to hide Jesus
How to hide Jesus There are people after Jesus. They have seen the signs. Quick, let’s hide Him. Let’s think; carpenter, fishermen’s friend, disturber of religious comfort. Let’s award Him a degree in theology, a purple cassock and a position of respect. They’ll never think of looking here. Let’s think; His dialect may betray Him,Continue reading “How to hide Jesus”
The Divine Image by William Blake
Songs of Innocence: The Divine Image To Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love All pray in their distress; And to these virtues of delight Return their thankfulness. For Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love Is God, our father dear, And Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love Is Man, his child and care. For Mercy has a human heart,Continue reading “The Divine Image by William Blake”
Christ Is Risen
Christ the Lord was crucified, He was nailed to a rough hewn cross. Ridiculed by those He came to save, Innocent man paid the ultimate cost. Shedding His blood to pay for our sin – He died. Three days later He rose from the grave – Alive! Inconceivable, indescribable, miraculous event. Son of God, Savior,Continue reading “Christ Is Risen”
Every Grain of Sand by Bob Dylan
EVERY GRAIN OF SAND by Bob Dylan In the time of my confession, in the hour of my deepest need When the pool of tears beneath my feet flood every newborn seed There’s a dyin’ voice within me reaching out somewhere Toiling in the danger and in the morals of despair Don’t have the inclinationContinue reading “Every Grain of Sand by Bob Dylan”
Antiphon for the Angels by Hildegard of Bingen
Antiphon for the Angels Spirited light! on the edge of the Presence your yearning burns in the secret darkness, O angels, insatiably into God’s gaze. Perversity could not touch your beauty; you are essential joy. But your lost companion, angel of the crooked wings – he sought the summit, shot down the depths of GodContinue reading “Antiphon for the Angels by Hildegard of Bingen”
The Divine Image by William Blake
Songs of Innocence: The Divine Image To Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love All pray in their distress; And to these virtues of delight Return their thankfulness. For Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love Is God, our father dear, And Mercy, Pity, Peace, and Love Is Man, his child and care. For Mercy has a human heart,Continue reading “The Divine Image by William Blake”
O Greening Branch by Hildegard of Bingen
O greening branch O greening branch! You stand in your nobility Like the rising dawn. Rejoice now and exult And deign to free the fools we are. From our long slavery to evil And hold out your hand To raise us up. – Hildegard of Bingen
Curious Christian 