Before the Beginning

. Before The beginning . Did the Spirit Still dance? . And was the breath Of life . The Word Whose echoes . Still now Sing? .

This Beautiful Life

Into the cloud Of light Leaving others Behind Focused Entirely on God And on the whole Of this beautiful life. .

The Gift

The gift required Us to work with it Not enough To leave it alone For soon it would Wither and die Yet could give Form to life A life To live. . Image by balouriarajesh on Pixabay

The Rippling of Life

Let us re-tell the beginning The story of time Life rippling Through all of creation. When one came with a message With a sacred name Whose touch Transfigured all things And nothing Would ever be the same. .

The Millions of Cells of Life Dancing Together

. Even in The very beginning . There was never The utter . Lonelines You feared . Infant And Mother . Son And Father . And the millions Of cells of life . All dancing Together. .

Life Begins with Divinity

Life begins With divinity From there It is a short step To infinity Each day A journey Nearer eternity. . Image by torstensimon from Pixabay

The Universal Mystery

Now I know That merely our human existence Evidences the meaning Of history Of the whole universal mystery Of life Of everything And of God. Inspired by Thomas Merton: our “very humanity” tells us that “life has a meaning … Our life provokes us with the evidence that it must have meaning” (from No Man …

Trial and Temptation

  There will be tests even as you settle . To the regular ways of a spiritual life   From darkness will come trial and temptation . And how then will you struggle in prayer to resist . Re-establish the serenity of the spirit's peace?  

In Love There May Yet Be An Answer

Singing in Pain #1 ~ Evil Co-existing with good ~ The riddle Of life’s complexity ~ Smirking Insiduously ~ As our minds Attempt to align ~ The paradoxes Of eternity ~ Yet the heart Responds ~ With compassion And mercy ~ And in love somewhere There may yet be ~ An Answer. ~ “The problem …

Light Burst and the Day Danced

Light burst And the day danced As cosmic beams Illumined Earth’s slow Rotation And there was Sight And warmth And life On that first day Of Creation. Image by Colin Behrens from Pixabay