Accepting the TimeEpiphany 2; John 2:1-11“My time has not yet come!” he said at first;but changed his mind, turned water into wine.Was there a premonition of the thirstwhen cross upon a hill became his sign?Then service before safety was his choice,or would be from this moment on that day.He heard the harsh resistance in hisContinue reading “Accepting the Time”
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Entrusted to Make the Best of What We’re Given
Entrusted to Make the Best of What We’re Given Pentecost 25; Matthew 25:14-30 There are talents we’ve been given here at hand – ingenuity, resources, power enough – to turn back the ticking clocks of climate change, and restore the fraught ecology of earth. Still we bury that potential out of fear of the consequencesContinue reading “Entrusted to Make the Best of What We’re Given”
Two Shepherd Poems
He Calls by Name and Leads Easter 4; Psalm 23, John 10:1-10 Jesus used figures of speech: “I am the good shepherd; I am the gate.” Part of me resists those images. Sheep in this land are business; it was said Australia rode on their backs, a heavy weight for a small animal. The careContinue reading “Two Shepherd Poems”
Barb, poet priest 