…soul is the delicate yet durable cloth woven …
“The tent, which was called the meeting tent, Moses used to pitch at some distance away, outside the camp.” (EX 33:7-11).
Two particular camping events stand out in my memory right now; probably because of the inherent humor I find in them:
The first one involved a camping trip to Ft.…
Cracked doorways into darkness and thirst
Palpable heat in quiet discontent…
Tables strewn with random yearnings
Bereft eyes gleaming with crisp loss!
We sit at table without food or drink
Open hands seeking solace and strength…
Spoken words of wayward wanderings
Are you? …
Many times we refer to the extreme (untapped) possibilities in a given situation, or even in a particular person, as a “sleeping giant,” that once awakened could produce magnificent effects on the most grand scale. The question always becomes, how do we awake this “sleeping giant?” …
In the breaking distance I saw a great bough
Multi-toned tinges of new day peeking from behind
Great rounded arms of magnificent girth
Curling with supple strength upwards
As if to hold up gracefully the ensuing dawn
And amidst the approaching splendor,
A singular circle of wound, healed with waking bark
Colored contours of each year’s caressing
Surrounded by the communion of branches
This the most beautiful than even the sky above!…
If you were asked to name the greatest love story that you have ever heard, what would you say? The stories across history, captured in oral traditions, the written word, and art provide countless and many times dramatic accounts of the power of love and its capacity to bring out the most joyful and also the most painful experiences that we as humans can have. …