Tag Archives: spirit

direct apprehension

4.7.2017 hearing God’s voice directly.   asking and waiting for a word.   a sense attribute more lost than found   for secular us. ————

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presence – March 9

3.9.2017 You were present today ahead, behind, beneath my entire day   though I was blind mostly not seeing nor aware except in fleeting glances   that You were here in every step. ————-

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should – October 15

10.15.16 I walked away from should today   I felt my soul say go and play   let the spirit guide your way. ——————

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a prayer for doing – July 13

7.13.2016 Lord give me peace Lord grant me serenity Lord let me ask only what needs doing for the doing of your Grace. ———————-

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cutting clear – February 2

2.2.2016 falling flakes bring joy, crisp air filled with dances of angels   spirits seen and unseen as of old father winter mother snow   shining diamond edges reaching out to cut my lethargy clear. ———————–

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believer – January 24

1.24.2016 I believe in science — it is not enough I believe in the human story — it is not enough I believe in the leadings of my heart — it is not enough   cold and harsh hot and … Continue reading

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limited vocabulary – December 2

12.2 (11.16).2015 choosing words limited vocabulary   to tell the secrets of a heart   to view the sub strata where images   fall away and spirits dwell   realer than the surface tensions   of quark and atom. ——————-

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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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morning window – October 18

10.18.2015 mists ghost across the morning field like a whisper   birds at the tube alternate their flitting in and away   softly softly they say to  my anxiety   we are a window to a calmer world. —————–

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evensong – September 23

9.23 O gracious light Lord Jesus Christ the words flow out to sooth my soul   I hear your voice in every chord and whence it comes I long to go.   From pains of body, heart and soul, from … Continue reading

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