April 9, 2026 Today marks the 81st anniversary of the martyrdom of Dietrich Bonhoeffer who was hanged on this day, at age 39, at Flossenburg Concentration Camp just weeks before the end of WWII and Hitler’s suicide. Without a jury or witnesses, Bonhoeffer was sentenced to death for his role in assisting Jews in fleeingContinueContinue reading “Bonhoeffer Today”
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e.e. cummings and Easter
April 5, 2026: Easter Sunday I’ve yet to have gathered the courage to write an Easter poem. Maybe one day. In the meantime, here is one (perhaps) by e.e. cummings whose father left his university job to become the pastor of South Congregational Church in Boston, Massachusetts. cummings himself was influenced by both Christianity andContinueContinue reading “e.e. cummings and Easter”
Holy Saturday: A Poem
April 4, 2026: Holy Saturday, the day between Good Friday and Easter Sunday in the Christian tradition. In-Between The women who had come with Jesus from Galilee followed Joseph and saw the tomb and how his (Jesus’) body was laid in it. Then they went home and prepared spices and perfumes. But they rested onContinueContinue reading “Holy Saturday: A Poem”
“Good Friday” by Hayden Carruth
April 3, 2026 This Good Friday as I walk a labyrinth while wrens and phoebes twitter from the still-barren oaks and hickories, I find myself surrounded in thought by all of those being crucified this very day: • Those being held in detention centers across the country, not knowing what the next moment will bring;•ContinueContinue reading ““Good Friday” by Hayden Carruth”
From Ash to Heart
Ash Wednesday, February 18, 2026 “And we are put on earth a little spaceThat we might learn to bear the beams of love.”William Blake No matter where we’ve lived this past year, we have one experience in common: being knocked off-balance by an American administration that cares only for itself while having our personal freedoms,ContinueContinue reading “From Ash to Heart”
Bright Fog
January 3, 2026 Bright Fog The morning sun of Januaryrubs against the mountain fogcreating a pearly canvasfor bare tree limbswoven into intricate patternsof lace to send their secretsacross the empty sky.Without the sunthe fog would enveloptheir signatures and withoutthe fog, the sun would burnaway the mystery.It is in the bright fog that we travel,in thisContinueContinue reading “Bright Fog”
O Antiphons of Advent: Emmanuel
December 23, 2025 O come, O come, Emmanuel,and ransom captive Israelthat mourns in lonely exile hereuntil the Son of God appear. Two days before Christmas, in this Advent season of waiting and longing, the seventh, and final, name for the Christ (or Light, or Love, or Universe, if you prefer) proclaimed in the ancient prayer-songContinueContinue reading “O Antiphons of Advent: Emmanuel”
O Antiphons of Advent: King of Nations
December 22, 2025 O come, O King of nations, bindin one the hearts of all mankind.Bid all our sad divisions ceaseand be yourself our King of Peace. Three days before the birth of the Light, in the O Antiphons, the ancient prayer-song of waiting and expectation, the sixth title given to the Christ (or Light,ContinueContinue reading “O Antiphons of Advent: King of Nations”
O Antiphons of Advent: Morning Star
December 21, 2025 O come, O Bright and Morning Star,and bring us comfort from afar!Dispel the shadows of the nightand turn our darkness into light. What compelling and significant timing for the fifth name for Christ in the O Antiphons to be on the same day as the Winter Solstice! On this longest, darkest nightContinueContinue reading “O Antiphons of Advent: Morning Star”
O Antiphons of Advent: Key of David
December 20, 2025 O come, O Key of David, comeand open wide our heavenly home.Make safe for us the heavenward roadand bar the way to death’s abode. Imagine trusting someone with a key to your home, your family, your finances, a key to everything you value in this world. And then imagine that same personContinueContinue reading “O Antiphons of Advent: Key of David”
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