Quite interestingly, in the tradition of the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, it is said that after the death of Jesus, Jewish and Roman authorities sought to obscure or cover up the tomb of Christ in an effort to disavow the claims of the followers of Christ. …
BRILLIANT DARKNESS
As I am sitting her writing this meditation in the darkness before dawn, I am watching the waning crescent of the moon growing in brilliance just above the mountains surrounding Albuquerque. From my hotel window, I have watched this one beautiful mountain emerge from the darkness each morning before dawn. …
BELOVED SPACE
Many of us can recall a time when we had a peak spiritual experience. It may have been a great sermon that we heard in church that resonated throughout our heart and mind as if God were speaking directly to us. …
LOVEFEED
When Israel was a child I loved him,
out of Egypt I called my son.
The more I called them,
the farther they went from me…
Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk,
who took them in my arms;
I drew them with human cords,
with bands of love;
I fostered them like one
who raises an infant to his cheeks;
Yet, though I stooped to feed my child,
they did not know that I was their healer.…
Harvest Omega
Such speed, seeds scatter
in wayward winds;
we clutch to clothes
with one hand
barely covering us
and greedily grasp to catch
what we did not plant
with the other
How far the fields
lay fallow waiting
to be tilled by the
hopes of all the Living;
Crossing the threshold
from pain to stain
Stamped and torn
from future’s sight…
Who cares for little ones
in prisons forgotten?…