There have been years of willow bending, breaking, stretching arms to sky and soul roots to creek and dream boughs to earth and prayer The […]

Your house, O Lord, has no walls no rooms for prayer no attic for memories no basement for secrets Your house, Lord is an opening […]

One of my spiritual practices is photography, so I would like to share some images with you through the week, along with words of prayer […]

One of my spiritual practices is photography, so I would like to share some images with you through the week, along with words of prayer […]

One of my spiritual practices is photography, so I would like to share some images with you through the week, along with words of prayer […]

One of my spiritual practices is photography, so I would like to share some images with you through the week, along with words of prayer […]

One of my spiritual practices is photography, so I would like to share some images with you through the week, along with words of prayer […]

One of my spiritual practices is photography, so I would like to share some images with you through the week, along with words of prayer […]

One of my spiritual practices is photography, so I would like to share some images with you through the week, along with words of prayer […]

Please pray for those with memory loss and their caregivers! Thanks for letting me add my poems to your prayers this last week. Peter Persists […]

Please pray for all those facing last days of life with their own unfinished business and personal flare! Turtle Shell Man Turtle shell man Stuck […]

This poem, “Mary Oliver Meets Plato,” was written with love for Mary Oliver and also with love for a class of 30 persons over 80 […]

All My Moments If God has given me all my moments, I should not complain from this dark weighty well of worries… But where is […]

Simply Faith To rest in the arms of our Creator To love in each action of the day To resist the urge to seek self- […]

Have mercy on me O God, for I call to you all day long. Bring joy to your servant for to you O Lord I […]

St. Carrick-a-rede If you’re looking for hope Love the salmon and fisherman under this swinging bridge – Honor the traveler stepping out on rope and […]

Every morning the world is created. Under the orange sticks of the sun the heaped ashes of the night turn into leaves again and fasten […]

Who made the world? Who made the swan, and the black bear? Who made the grasshopper? This grasshopper, I mean— the one who has flung […]

You do not have to be good. You do not have to walk on your knees For a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. You […]

How precious is your steadfast love, O God. All people may take refuge in the shadow of your wings They feast on the abundance of […]