Keeping Vigil
in January during the Australian bushfires. My mother died in what feels like another era now, though it was only three months ago.
prayers of lament
There are already people who cannot be present with their loved ones who are dying.
a story for Maundy Thursday
Some things don’t heal. There is a respectful knowing that doesn’t try to force healing or hope on people.
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God of the harried
Help us in the tension of these days,for we are crushed by too many tasks…
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Holy One who fears no fracture
Lend your clarity to us for we are full of fear
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a collect – a plea, a prayer
I love the ‘collect’ form of prayer whose task is terse and brief.
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short prayers in a time of virus
‘collects’ – a form of short prayer which addresses an aspect of the Divine and makes a request or observation.
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Unconditional love in a state of grace
Dear well-meaning spray painter, put down your aerosol can, come sit near the water. Let the trees shelter you and perhaps you will hear the presence of God whispering through them.
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Staying with the trouble
‘Staying with the trouble’, the story of my meeting with Two Pied Oyster Catchers is now published in Dumbo Feather online Two Pied Oyster Catchers It is wintertime. My friends and I are rugged against the cold in beanies, scarves and jackets. Sheltering between boulders we are protected .The wind blusters around us at Mimosa
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