discern – Barb, poet priest

For Those Who Sometimes Feel like Martha

For Those Who Sometimes Feel like MarthaPentecost 6; Luke 10:38-42He said that Mary chose the better partbut not because she sat to contemplate.She’d acted on the promptings of her heartdespite the voices that would remonstrate.But Martha felt she had no power of choice,constrained by what they said was woman’s role.At least with Jesus she couldContinue reading “For Those Who Sometimes Feel like Martha”

Encompass Us

Encompass Us Pentecost 8; Psalm 139, Matthew 13: 24-43 Search me, O God, and know my heart, my words and path discern. Though I might try to hide apart, you find me when I turn. Confronting to be searched and known, but comforting as well. A knowing love transforms its own; unknown is lonely hell.Continue reading “Encompass Us”