My eyes are tired todayWeary of wordsStressed by screensAchingFrom lookingAt sadnessBadnessMadness 2020 vision in 2020?Seems unlikely.How to clear my gaze?Stop.And.Stare. Not at the messThe disarrayAnd the despair Stop.And.Stare.Look and seeWhat’s really there In front of meHiding in plain sight: Glimpses of goodnessGlances of joyPatches of couragePockets of kindness It’s not all bad newsIf you keepContinue reading “stop. and. stare.”
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yesterday, today, tomorrow and after — wordswrithen
four Easter meditations in a time of isolation 1. Maundy Thursday: mandatum It is spoken It is written It is given It is finished The law of love completed The Christ’s commandment: love The Master’s mantle: humility The Saviour’s statement: sacrifice He has spoken – breathed life into us imprinted imago dei on our souls […]Continue reading “yesterday, today, tomorrow and after — wordswrithen”
do you hear what I hear?
A psalm for the middle of a busy week While I live and breathe there is no such thing as true silence.The breath whistles in my nostrils,Howls in my throat;Swallowing rolls in my ears;My pulse surreptitiously marks time. What, then, is silence?I fear it – and thus I fill it – but I don’t understandContinue reading “do you hear what I hear?”
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