Tag Archives: wisdom

hey there – May 24

5.24.2014 pains filled the day paying for not paying attention   to the sounds of the body, the creaks and pausing   of muscles, bone, tissue as if they did not matter.   the body has its own way of … Continue reading

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not now – April 22

4.22.2014 not now, I said I don’t want to think about it now.   now, she said the time is now and if it’s not, not.   so I went with it.   smart choice. ————————

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Lent Prayer 24 – March 28

Lent Prayer 24 frustrations at others not coming through in the ways we want build barriers between us making way for the limits of others raises the conundrum of encourage vs. settle may I have the wisdom to know the … Continue reading

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Lent Prayer 19 – March 23

Lent Prayer 19 deceits are all around us closer than we know or suspect.   harder to be let down by those we thought trustworthy   faithful, part of the community of the name.   where the angels are there … Continue reading

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Lent Prayer 10 – March 14

Lent Prayer 10 our children’s teeth are set on edge by the choices we have made   that dollars and profits are all that measure, and souls not.   turn us again to your ways of wisdom, recall our hearts. … Continue reading

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adventuresome hearts – January 31

1.31.14 adventuresome hearts never age.

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younger eyes – January 27

poem 1.27 younger eyes look for older answers. away from the distractions of   blare and flare, glare that impairs.   younger hearts resonate to ancient callings that touch truths   that endure, ensure, mature.   younger minds know deceit … Continue reading

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forty four years – January 10

  1.10.2014 forty four years, vows taken. Peter’s line through hands lain on. voices, eyes, empty moments, opened then to what will come.   fortyfouryears run together as if a path lain out like string, winding, straggling, stumbling forward to … Continue reading

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we hardly did anything – January 9

1.9 we hardly did anything and my son said it was the best of times.   there is a learning here. ———  

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daddy what’s an explorer – October 14

10.14 daddy what’s an explorer? an explorer is the guy who comes back to tell the tale.   an explorer is the one who knows when it’s time to come back out of the cave.   the other guy is … Continue reading

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