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Toilet Talk
Toilet Talk A single request—excruciatingly simple:relieve me.The plumbing of a human beinghas pipes, valves and openingsworking in sync withfood I eat and liquids I drink.
Miracles of Routine
Miracles of Routine I wake.I am blessed to meet the new day.I stretch and snuggle,I am blessed with arms, legs and body at my command.I open my eyes, I am blessed with vision. I listen to the sounds and silence around me,I am...
Off the Shelf
Off the Shelf My faith is too delicateto even speak some days.It is a flower, a vase, a glassthat I fear doubt can break.But I shall not leave iton a shelf collecting dust. I shall not place it out of reach—something I see, but never use. So f...
Personal Peace
Personal Peace I praise You for:My purpose,My passion,My partner,My people,My personal peace,Your perfection experienced.For purpose gives direction.Passion unleashes my gifts.My partner, life meaning,My people, a heritage,My personal peace isYour grace...
Holding Hands
Holding Hands Into Your hands, I place my own.It belongs there, as natural as rain falling.I trust You to keep a tight grip,whatever the excursion brings.
It's Not You... It's Me
It's Not You... It's Me It's not that I don't believe in You.I just don't believe in me.You are all, and I am nothing,so how can I get from here to there?The span between is endless,and if I fall, an eternity of emptiness awaits.Today I start climbing.And I will never stop as long as You believeI can make it.
Building Relationships
Building Relationships Through Food It's been quite some time since I watched Chocolat, a film about community, its entrenchment in tradition, and how one woman shook things up. Before I even saw the movie, I heard about it, from a Catholic priest at a conference for adult initiation into the Catholic Church. It was a week of immersion into the ministry of Christian Initiation, and every day was spent with about 150 other people from the...
Music Within
Music Within I want my life to ring,to surge like a cello,deep and movinggraceful and resonant—the sound of Your voicewhen you speak to me.I hear little songsin my mindof Your promises.They carry methrough each day,and I dance.
Everyday Miracles
Everyday Miracles There are things I don't understand, but I count on them.Electricity. A compass. Faith.Things that light my way and take me where I need to be.Gravity. Common sense.You. Things I count on to
Priceless Gifts
Priceless Gifts
Forgotten Thank You's
Forgotten Thank You's Between work and family, friends and parties,I often forget to thank You for the little blessings in my life.Thank You for giving me my period last month when I was worried it wouldn't come.Thank You for helping me convince my Trig professor that I deserved to pass.Thank...
Day's Cycle
Day's Cycle Each day is a prayer.Each morning is a way of saying,"May I..." to the coming day.Each afternoon the work we dohonors the light inside us.Each evening our reflectionsare a dialogue between soul and the Greater Spirit.Each night is a thanksfor the day well endedand for the rest we receive,that...
Praise Song
Praise Song Praise to YouWho whispers to usin a spring breeze,in the sigh of leaves overhead,in the chuckle of a running stream.Praise to YouWho cries out to usin the roar of waves endless,ever present,all encompassing,making You known.Praise to YouWho calls to usin the pop and creak of ice,in the thump of snow...
Meta-tation
Meta-tation "Meta." When used as a prefix, it connotes a change in the position or state of something. Metamorphosis is a change from one thing into a completely new entity. Once before, the term "meta" came into my life to devastating effect. In 1999, when my father was diagnosed with colon cancer and the doctor told me it had metastasized, so it was...
Small World
Small World Every time I run into a friendI haven't seen in decades,she says, "small world."But in truth, it's really quite large.Big enough to accommodate small minds, shuttered hearts, and hurtful habits.Big enough for you, me,and even whole countries. Resurrect the faith we may have lost.Build us up againwhen we're...
Girlfriends: Good Job! Who Needs Praise?
Chief of Pray, Susan Diamond blog talks with her girlfriend, Debbie Winton, about her blog: Good Job! Who Needs Praise. Got kids, know a kid, were you ever once a kid? You’ll hear a provocative discussion about the pros and cons of praising young children and raising them too. Find out what others are doing to teach good values and how to live a praise-worthy life. This episode of Girlfriends will finish up with a prayer about continuity and...
In All I Do
In All I Do Let me sing Your praisein all that I am:nurturing mother,loving daughter,faithful wife,supportive employer,disciplined employee,or humble volunteer. Let me sing Your praisein all that I do:bearing up the disappointed,guiding the lost,lending strength to...
Action Verbs
Action Verbs Give me more than good intentions.Put wings on my prayers.Help me get past, "I feel your pain,"to, "Let's build a well for your village."Help me be an agent of changeand keeper of peace at the same time.Instead of my saying,"What's this world coming to?"Take me farther:"What can I do to make...
Day In and Day Out
Day In and Day Out Today has been kind of low key,nothing much going on.Still I see Your work all around me.In the intricaciesof tendon and muscle and nervethat enable my hands to work.In the complexityof sun and waterthat supports lifeon this complicated planet.You are truly in all.
Ritual
Ritual I clear the space that surrounds us.I set aside the clutter of my dayso the chaos does not obstruct my view of You. I clear myself.I breathe out the weight of my egoso my heart is opened to you. I open my eyes.I find you at my side,waiting for my frantic mindto settle finally on You.
Whatever May Come
Whatever May Come I’m getting the idea You know what the heck You’re doing.You made me funny, fickle,sometimes feral,but You know I always find my way back to center.You gave me the quirks I possess, like a penchant for...
You Know
You Know Only You can say what I need.I think I know: this job, that house, this person that I say I love. But only You can say what I need. I do know what I want: to trust more in You, in the gentle and hopefulunveiling of Your promise.
Light in the Depths
Light in the Depths Down herewhere only the lantern-fish swim,too deep for sun to penetrate,I see a glint. It is You, reaching for methrough the churning seas,a hand to pull me back to the surfaceand into the light. I had made myself a home here,among the shipwrecks,thinking I'd never return to the shore.But You saved me,
Thursday Promise
Thursday Promise Today I will work hard,I will focus and endure.And I will do so cheerfully,because today I have the joyof knowing I am 'almost there.'I am grateful to Youfor the work of the week,and as I look at my to-do list,I am grateful that thereis still time aheadto complete unfinished tasks.But my...
Perfect
Perfect Unbelievable. Unattainable.My quick, loud words and selfish fearmake perfection seem as possibleas pigs in flight.Yet You are perfect,and in You, I feel what might beif only I could get closer.I will spend my life working for this.I see myself rocketing skyward,falling up like a freak of gravity.I may not ever be perfect,but my faith in You
