Temptations in the WildernessLent 1; Luke 4:1-15I have walked that wilderness,breathed its gritty, brazen air.Seems our culture lodges there!Voices work on our distress,tempting us to be secure –“Wealth can happiness ensure!”Spirit dreams evaporate!Bread is conjured out of stones,our reward as worker drones.“You can master petty fate!Power will help you keep your nerve!Just don’t question whoContinue reading “Temptations in the Wilderness”
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With Fear and Great Joy
With Fear and Great Joy Easter Day; Matthew 28:1-10; Colossians 3:1-4 Come in, stranger! Be welcome among us, though I fear you will shrink in discomfort from uncomfortable seats and page turning, and from songs about dying and rising in the old-fashioned words of our hymn book. I fear scorn as I try to imagineContinue reading “With Fear and Great Joy”
Barb, poet priest 