Tag Archives: openness

a godly conversation – October 8

[a godly conversation] I cannot speak to you as I would or rather could should my mouth is wood when I open it to say my heart and roots drop out of things that never quite touch what it was … Continue reading

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mid-lent – March 24

3.24.2017 mid-lent, when ice starts melting water flows and my heart begins to open to movings other than my own.   mid-lent, mid life, mid storm mid desert places of peace begin to emerge out of places I wasn’t looking. … Continue reading

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hiatus – September 20

[9.12] hiatus. pause. step away.   to reconnoiter the inside of feelings empty times, hours, thoughts left intentionally open.   to see what will emerge end, begin, cross pollinate. or not.   on hiatus. —————–

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emptied holy open time – November 27

11.27.2015 quiet, calm, emptied openness follows the season.   holiday, holy day, hollowed out by movement day   hurried, pushed, tiresome until   stepped down from and back from and into   quiet time, calm time, emptied holy open time … Continue reading

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broken people – August 4

8.4.2015 broken people are part of our lives   and we wonder how Jesus can love us   and still let us go   through such darkness.   but that was his way   and who are we to judge … Continue reading

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blank possibilities – April 9

4.9.2015 blank page filled with unspoken words   not yet condemned condensed into jottings   open. possible. intuiting. maybes. until   the page is un blanked into a specific   good, bad, or other.   then it’s gone. ——————–

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poems come – March 25

3.25.2015 poems come when they want to   or when the writer opens a vein to let them in ————

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faith takes us – January 17

1.17.2015 faith takes us to places we didn’t expect   and leaves us open to more than we hoped.   saying goodbye will only be a step   on the road to meeting again. ————- when our bodies fail it … Continue reading

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acupuncture – June 6

6.6.2014 tiny needles quiet music settle mind and body alike   nerve ending glidings unknown to western ways   cleansing and healing through pathways born   in the mind of God. —————-

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opening to you – April 29

4.29.2014 opening to you listening for your voice   silent as rain on my windows   hushing as wind behind my eyes   out of the corners. there. —————

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