Okay, feedback supports this idea so let’s keep it rolling. Same Psalm; different take. Psalm 120 Lying lips seek rescueIs it my own or others?Truth burns dross away Ezra 1:1-11 A new dawn breaks brightHome coming to a new start –Farfetched Messiah! 2 Corinthians 1:12-19 Vacillating plansWith a people of trustHarbours a strong Yes!
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Lectionary Haiku 14 Feb 2022
Now here’s a project and a way to reflect on daily readings from the Bible. If it yields the fruit that I hope, I’ll make it a tab on this blog. I propose to post haiku reflections on each of the three selections from the daily Revised Common Lectionary (the interchurch three year bible readingContinue reading “Lectionary Haiku 14 Feb 2022”
Culling Books
One of the most vexing things about this new season of life is the need to cull – especially my books. Two thirds of them went three years ago when I “retired.” These were the more technical and somewhat obsolete “old friends” that had served their time and achieved their metaphorical gold watch from me,Continue reading “Culling Books”
Anger
Mild mannered retired cleric that I am, I have come to understand how much I am driven by anger. In my case it comes out in passive-aggressive stances that strive against thoughtless, disengaged or institutionalised incursions that thwart my altruistic efforts and directions. I have asked myself on more than one occasion whether my attractionContinue reading “Anger”
Heyoka
Yesterday I fare-welled a man whom I described as often playing the role of a heyoka to myself and others. In ancient societies, the heyoka (or similar) held a prominent position. Their role was to oppose the norm. This was visually reinforced by various means, such as wearing summer clothes in winter and winter clothesContinue reading “Heyoka”
Wordle Warriors
433 years worth of daily 5-letter words left! There are quite a few out there now. It’s the new chess. Get the word right in as few moves as possible and share the good news (or not) on your favorite social media platform. The spinoffs are well under way. The original idea was for oneContinue reading “Wordle Warriors”
Timeless Meditation: Viewing Vastness
Originally posted on wRighTing My Life:
Worlds Away Savoring outdoor time during my recent reprieve in the temperate Caribbean, I hoped the warmth would cradle me through another 72 icy winter days back home. Mother Nature’s wizardry transformed the oppressive grey I left behind into sparkling and vibrant blue, a welcome relief in this world…
#Bloganuary is over
#Bloganuary is over; the year has begun.The muse has awoken, and feels he’s not done.He looks for the prompt which just isn’t there.The blank page awaits; he can only but stare. He laments the prompts gone from his daily feedHe recalls their annoyance and his final concedeIn spite of resistance they awakened deep thoughtand setContinue reading “#Bloganuary is over”
Star-gazing
#Bloganuary Writing Prompt: How do you feel when you look at the stars? Feeling is not my “go to” language. But ask me how I “experience” looking at the night sky and I can speak, filtered by many years of wrestling with my theology and cosmology. I experience total peace born of a sense ofContinue reading “Star-gazing”
Tree!
#Bloganuary Writing Prompt: Describe Yourself as a Tree I think that I shall never seeA picture of me as a treeA tree whose leafy boughs do swayAnd drops its leaves along the way; A tree that casts its honkey nutsSafe trudging by it much disrupts Harry Potter’s thrashing treeCharlie Brown’s kite-eating mysteryIt seems that trees areContinue reading “Tree!”
Wondering Pilgrim 