I Am From Folks Who Won’t Turn Back (Black History Month 2021) Today I celebrate the ancestors. I am from the brave, the discouraged, the...

This Winter January 2021 Waiting in winter is not a happy thing, or even exciting, not like waiting for a taxi when you leave for a trip,...

They Stood On the Bridge: An Allegory for All of Us They stood on the bridge, the red sky behind them. This time it was cosmic. This time...

Sankofa* (On the occasion of the Inauguration of Joseph R. Biden as President of the United States of America) Winged one, wise one, bird...

Sweet Honey in the Rock: A Prayer for the New Year “And with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.” Psalm 81:16 Magnificent...

Holy Days This is a season of dark, unexpected, unknown, and beyond expectation. A season that stretches our faith and grows our...

Treasures in the Cave What if we just admit that we’re tired? Tired of being without, being lonely, being patient, being brave. Tired of...

A Holiday Wish Christmas is the time for telling stories. Remember, we were told that good would always triumph? That most of us are...

A Little Time to Pray (“Been in the storm so long. Give me a little time to pray”—African American spiritual) I’m talking to God a lot...

A Homing Device For the year 2020 The mist is heavy, and thickening. There is noise in the distance, a tangle of murmuring, a cacophony...

Angels in the Attic Listen, they are waiting, the angels in the attic, in the long forgotten places where we closed them off and banished...

The House of Gratitude Great Mystery, help us to build a house of gratitude, for gratitude is a place where love’s relentless fire burns...

Litany into Love Lord, bless this uncharted time and all its challenges, alien to our comfort and our habits. And deliver us from our...

Even After All This I am still stubborn enough to love God, refuse to declare myself orphaned, abandoned, alone, even though there are...

Things to Remember When the Soul Needs Warming (Conversation With a Wise Woman) “Sit yourself down,” she said. I took a seat next to her...

Jewels in the Field: A Modern Parable “The kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field.” Matthew 13:44 Once there was a farmer...

Dreamland ( Postcards from the Other Side of Oz) Dear Friends, Has it all been dreamland? Dreaming means we’ve been asleep. Have we been...

You Have the Helm (A Prayer for faith, during Covid isolation) Someone said, “You have the helm.” I must navigate this ship alone. I...

She Was Such A Woman (A Tribute to Ruth Bader Ginsburg) “When there is no way…may there be ones who inspire you to see where the way...

May You Be Graced In disquiet may you be graced with confidence. In loneliness may you lay claim to the memory of joy. In weakness may...