Poems of faith

giant, gentle tree lets go its leaves; soft blanket  warming resting earth

I emptied myself    to give you space to grow.  Empty yourself    of all that is not you    of all you worry        should be there       to...

i The world is mostly safe and kind – Clean your teeth, work hard, be good, Polite, on time, and you will find That life rewards you as it s...

There are secrets that protect, held in trust and ones that destroy, like moth and rust. They starve the other of love and light, hoarded in...

The God we think we know dances in the vastness of each cell, plucks the strings  that thrum and purr our being.  Come. Dance and sing.  Rip...

Sometimes we flit about like birds – a fretful, fluttering existence – snatching at seeds, then darting off – distraction driving off persis...

The Cross will be my place of beauty. You relish its ragged, ruthless horror, revel in its hideous cruelty. You think to crush me with its a...

Even the Son of God needs help.  The crowds press in, and he withdraws  to a boat, to a mountain, to silence if it can be found.  The crowds...

Cf Mark 3:20-35 The man and his followers entered a house, but before they could even feed or rest a jostling crowd began to form, like stor...

Even from prison, John, your fierce spirit outfaces Herod.  Irked, but intrigued,  he hears the words which vex, unwelcome guests which lodg...

Prepare his path, John, smooth his way: tell them to turn and face the future, the pilgrim path that leads to him.  Tell them of the Spirit,...

i What remains? What remains when  mortal remains  are dust? Born of stardust, to dust we come, but what remains? What glint of gold remains...

Where (do you think)     is my mother’s spirit?’     she asks, herself a mother now,      a dozen years past childhood, yet     still her mo...

space to stroll or sit a sea of grass, punctuated  by sturdy, steady trees proclaiming life the great Cathedral rocksteady a millennium  qui...

Delight when I am broken, overwraught with shame a tearful child, alone in angry pain, you lift me up, and gently speak my name, and gaze at...