You will never be alone, you hear so deep a sound when autumn comes. Yellow pulls across the hills and thrums, or in the silence after lightning before it says its names - and then the clouds’ wide-mouthed apologies. You were aimed from birth: you will never be alone. Rain will come, a gutter filled, …
Tag Archive: redemption
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Mar
30
2009
Walking on Water
God is everywhere. That’s easy to say, but do we really believe it? Are we willing to admit that God is present even in what looks nothing like holiness or love, i.e. in our sin—before, during, and after? Here’s a powerful poem from Presence: An International Journal of Spiritual Direction, September, 2008. After the storm, …
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Jul
16
2007
A Prayer to Resist Sexual Temptation
Love can wait to give; lust can’t wait to get. Christopher West was on Life on the Rock last night to answer questions related to Pope John Paul II’s Theology of the Body. Someone asked if he had any prayers to resist sexual temptation. I liked his response because it opens the door to a …
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Nov
03
2003
The Enlightenment of Buzz Lightyear
Like Neo in the Matrix movies, Buzz Lightyear from “Toy Story” found enlightenment too.
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