On the way to the Cross. Anguish. Sorrow. Suffering. Jesus, it is so hard to grasp all you suffered for me. I come up so short. The wonder of all You have done and continue to do for me. The cross is central. What I must never forget. You went there. Willingly. Always other-centered. You […]
An Irishman Does the Tell
In keeping with the happy tone of the month of March, I offer you my Irish poem. And in keeping with another Irish tradition, the celebration of a wake, I encourage you to raise a glass to the death of the myth of the Lone Ranger Christian leader. AN IRISHMAN DOES THE TELL When me […]
East Wind
East Wind The east wind chills as it sweeps out the scars of the beautiful surface, still new. He?s opening the ice rink alone? Forty-three seasons, she?d always found a way to be there by his side, that is until today. None of them will notice. They?ll all just pass on through. No secret spices […]
Christmas Lives
Isaiah 9:6 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV) 6?For a child has been born for us, a son given to us; authority rests upon his shoulders; and he is named Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace. We have hoped against hope for our Lord to come. And now He is here! We?ve awakened, […]
