Let stars reverse their courses — hallelujah — Let planets flaunt their necklaces of ice – Let suns confound eclipses – hallelujah – Let moons’ scavenged radiance rejoice— Let galaxies recluster – hallelujah – Let nebulae uncloud and celebrate – Let meteors spread banners – hallelujah – Let black holes unleash astonished light— Let comets […]
The world is charged with the grandeur of God. It will flame out, like shining from shook foil; It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod? Generations have trod, have trod, have trod; And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil […]
My Lord, My Lord, Long have I cried out to Thee In the heat of the sun, The cool of the moon My screams searched the heavens for Thee. My God, When my blanket was nothing but dew. Rags and bones Were all I owned. I chanted Your name Just like Job. Father, Father, My […]
My voice to thee itself extremely straining, Cries praying, Lord, again it crying prayeth: Before they face the cause of my complaining, Before thy face my case’s map it layeth Wherein my soul is painted In doubtful way a stranger: But, Lord, thou art acquainted, And knowst each path, where stick the toils of danger. […]
Praise for the names of songbirds for the edge of metal Praise for the finger’s whole of grease for the traffic rattle. Praise for fire’s raw alchemy for the bolting lettuce Praise for the border that invention serves for the silt of rivers. Praise for the dog retrieving geese for the lathe-wrought vessel Praise for […]
The Lord will happiness divine On contrite hearts bestow; Then tell me, gracious God, is mine A contrite heart or no? I hear, but seem to hear in vain, Insensible as steel; If aught is felt, ‘tis only pain, To find I cannot feel. I sometimes think myself inclined To love Thee if I could; […]
One of the biggest surprises in this research was learning that fitting in and belonging are not the same thing. In fact, fitting in is one of the greatest barriers to belonging. Fitting in is about assessing a situation and becoming who you need to be in order to be accepted. Belonging, on the other […]
Our speculations about Shakespeare are almost as multifarious and foolish as our speculations about the maker of the universe[…]. The itch for personally knowing authors torments most of us; we feel that if we could somehow get at the man himself, we should obtain more help and satisfaction from him than from his chosen self-revelation. […]
I’m reading The Answer to How is Yes, by Peter Block. It’s been on my “pick it up” list for a handful of years now, so when my fingertips brushed it while shelving, I did so. It’s good stuff. The section heading I just passed is “Committment without Barter.” I’m going to skip over my […]
Today, evidently, was about being face-to-face. Listening, and sharing… and if I’m lucky, in equal parts. Hasta mañana!
