Faith is like a Shimmering Veil – by Jane Beal
Faith is like a shimmering veil. You can’t see through it. It’s like a cold shower. It wakes you up early and makes you shout, “O God!” Faith is like running on the sand...
Faith – Michael Lyle
Faith
We all doubt. There are even times when we doubt it all. Everything. Other times, we doubt certain aspects, this understanding or that assumption. It matters little whether these aspects are orthodox doctrine or...
Summer Light – by JoyAnne O’Donnell
The blue sky sings with the summer's flowers
white daisies the color of clouds wonders
the sand so soft blessing us
freeing our spirit's bus
to rest and revive
to wonder and survive.
Mudslide – by Janette Kennedy
Danger brings us here, where the experts smile and say, “Just a little more time.” In their swagger, we let our secret seed out into the open, to bloom. It is a strong plant,...
I Know You Very Well – by Courtney Joan
I know you very well.
I know what makes you angry.
I know when you are lying,
And when you tell the truth.
Nothing you do surprises me.
You are an easy book to read.
And...
The Past is Glass, Turpentine, Rags: A Garden of Love
They think they love God! It is only his old clothes—of which they make scarecrows for the children. Where will they come nearer to God than in these very children?
—Henry David Thoreau, Journal (Nov...
The Song of Autumn, By JoyAnne O’Donnell
The autumn is filled with pumpkins
prayers for miles
God's endless smiles
on cool breezes shines high rise's of many colors
with the leaves dance
on the ground
in the sky
with autumns wing's flies a great season
an inspiring reason
peace in...
Episode 62: Juan Felipe Herrera
Juan Felipe Herrera is the current U.S. Poet Laureate and author of 28 books of poetry, YA novels, and collections for children.
Lectio Poetica: Becoming Who We Are
“All the birds and creatures of the world are unutterably themselves.” – David Whyte
During the catastrophic flooding here in Colorado back in September, we discovered a tiny sparrow lurking in our patio garden. We...
Lectio Poetica: What is the Question?
“Sometimes . . . you come to a place whose only task is to trouble you with tiny but frightening requests . . .” – David Whyte
Ten years ago, just three months after falling...