St. Naum at Monastery of St. Naum, Macedonia, (c) T. Brett McMahan Advent Day 5, December 5, 2024 You Reading This, Be Ready ~ by William Stafford Starting here, what do you want to remember?How sunlight creeps along a shining floor?What scent of old wood hovers, what softenedsound from outside fills the air? Will youContinueContinue reading “Advent 2024: Look”
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Advent 2024: Silence
Advent Day 4, December 4, 2024 Lo, in the silent nightA child to God is bornAnd all is brought againThat ere was lost or lorn. Could but thy soul, O man,Become a silent night!God would be born in theeAnd set all things aright. Whoever wrote this 15th century verse knew a truth about the giftContinueContinue reading “Advent 2024: Silence”
The Waiting: A Poem of Advent
Advent Day 2: December 2, 2024 The Waiting ~ A Poem of Advent “For I, the Lord your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, ‘Do not fear. I will help you.'” (Isaiah 41:13) O, Isaiah, ancient prophet of doom, prophet of ancient hope,your proclamations resound like cymbalsjarring this stillContinueContinue reading “The Waiting: A Poem of Advent”
Advent 2024: Waiting as One
December 1, 2024 Welcome, any and all, to this season of Advent, the four-week period of waiting for the Light to be born. Whether you’re Christian, Jewish, Muslim, a believer of anything or of nothing, you are welcome here. We’re all alive, breathing as one, at this same moment, on this same planet, our common aches,ContinueContinue reading “Advent 2024: Waiting as One”
Green Season
A poem about spring and rebirth.
Why Poetry?
A reflection on the importance of poetry and why I write.
Burning Bushes
A poem of reflection about the beauty of a gold azalea in springtime.
National Poetry Month: Ephemerals
For the plants that flower briefly once in the spring.
Lenten Day Thirty-nine: Crucifixion
A poem by Hayden Carruth
Lenten Day Twenty-nine: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
March 18, 2024 “There may be worship without words.” Longfellow This blog is a companion piece to Saturday’s, https://spirit-reflections.org/2024/03/16/lenten-day-twenty-eight-thomas-merton/, about the spiritual practice of being silent, of resting in the company of God/Universe/the Divine. This time, though, I’m reflecting on Sunday worship services, for those of us who attend any kind of religious service. HaveContinueContinue reading “Lenten Day Twenty-nine: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow”
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