Blessed Are You Who Bear The Light

Poems

Blessed are you who bear the light in unbearable times, who testify to its endurance amid the unendurable, who bear witness to its persistence when everything seems in shadow and grief. Blessed are you in whom the light lives, in whom the brightness blazes— your heart a chapel, an altar where in the deepest night…

Ash Wednesday Prayer

Prayers

God of the dust we were before, God of the dust we will become, God of the breath that has brought this dust to life: each day contains a miracle bounded by our mortality. In this season, we mark ourselves as creatures dependent on you, drawn up from a shared earth, and separated from each…

You are exactly where you are meant to be

Prayers

May today there be peace within. May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be. May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith. May you use those gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you. May you be…

Living With Hope

Poems

Optimism and hope are radically different attitudes. Optimism is the expectation that things: the weather, human relationships, the economy, the political situation, and so on—will get better. Hope is the trust that God will fulfill God’s promises to us in a way that leads us to true freedom. The optimist speaks about concrete changes in…

A Blessing of Hope

Blessings

So may we know the hope that is not just for someday but for this day— here, now, in this moment that opens to us: hope not made of wishes but of substance, hope made of sinew and muscle and bone, hope that has breath and a beating heart, hope that will not keep quiet…

Strengthening Darkness

Prayers

O Strengthening Darkness, I trust you are with me in the dormant, winter seasons of my spirit. Each morning when I awaken with light still hiding in the sleeve of winter’s night, I turn to you to receive assistance to meet the challenging requirements of the day. Like terminal buds drawing strength from the roots…