September 18, 2025

Wings   No one tells you When you move your child to college About the next day When the house is quiet And her room lies empty But the door is closed So you pretend For a moment She is still there Laughing Talking on the phone  Leaving crumbs   How will they see her?...

September 4, 2025

Image: Barbara Ryther Moored She’s such a small boat In such a lot of water   Mostly she floats gently   But then A tidal surge A storm swell A sudden squall The wake of a passing tanker   She rocks and sways   The death of a loved one An...

August 21, 2025

Image: Sudie Blanchard Lord, you provide the strong warp threads of our lives– Family, friends, love, trust…anchors that support us. Each day, we weave the varied weft threads… Rainbows of color and texture: Shades of gold and red–bright colors of joy and gladness...

August 7, 2025

Image:Barb Kautz   About Teenagers, With and Without Feathers   In the early spring a pair of birds built a nest in an old gray, bike helmet hanging on the wall of our garage. Next to it hangs another bike helmet, this one with a pink visor, too old, and too...

July 24, 2025

Image: Melanie Kyer Moonlight Prayer   Never forget:  There is light in the darkness. There is sun after rain. There is morning after night.   God will not let the darkness last. God’s rainbow promises the rain will stop. God’s hand spins dusk into the dawn.   But...

July 10, 2025

Image: Kathryn Yingst A Prayer For Hunt, Texas    Raise your voices Through the trees Around each curve Of limbs Of water That every space Is found Is filled With presence Persistent Until each Mystic child Is reunited Into the arms Of her beloveds Though mothers Wear...