Habits

Lenten commitments are about developing new habits.  I think I've managed to get one off the ground: sharing something on the blog each night.  It's great practice for me to think back on my day searching for God's grace, and then to describe it to the world in the semi-public way only a not-famous blog can do!  I'm grateful for this experiment, and continue to wonder where God is leading me along a writing path...

Reference

I used to number the pages of
my journal for easy reference
but life presents itself more and more
as mystery, not index
memories slide in part across pages

I am left with present perspectives
a tree of roughed, mossed bark
I am given more than I am at
the Lord's table
itself sufficient guide of leaves not ordered
but fallen.

Ticks

I'm not sure there's anything redemptive about ticks.  I do know that I'm afraid of ever getting one, and that's too bad, because the likelihood of my getting one here in Sewanee is high (as it is for Robin, too!!) That's a shame.  I expect there's something worthwhile and wholesome I could learn from this.  Once I get a tick, I'll let y'all know.

Meeting Someone New

Today at lunch I sat next to a friend's wife whom I met for the first time.  I'd heard a lot about her already, and she confirmed what I'd expected: she's cool.  What a gift it is to meet someone new, to guess and then learn why a couple complements each other so well, and to come to see the world from her eyes!

Avocados

Avocados are a clear and simple sign that God loves us.  Arguably, sweet potatoes are another.  Food partisanship aside, deliciousness belongs to creation.

Colin's Sermon, Chapel of the Apostles, Monday of Holy Week

Colin's sermon delivered at the Chapel of the Apostles, April 2, 2012, for the Monday of Holy Week. Here's the text.

Shooting Star, or Firefly?

Back-laying on our porch at night, the moon rising,
fireflies astonished us with their seasonal earliness:
staring straight up through the barely leafing birches
into the stars.