Not very long ago my heart started speaking. It wasn’t like the announcements in elementary school that crackled into my classroom, muffled and ignored. My heart speaks like the opening scene in “Star Wars.” The movie title and storyline crawls up the screen to blaring trumpets and swelling drums promising the opening of a new…
Drawing by Susan Bel My Daughter says, “Daddy, Pick up a Color, Crayon the World.” I look into her eyes, But she looks through me, She carefully places a color In her tiny fingers and Crayons my heart. “Pick up a Color, Crayon the World.” Squeeze your fingers around This simple wax stick, And let…
A poem for Easter.
God is the one who never ever gives up on you. God says “let it be” and I will water, prune, and give everything that is necessary for flourishing. This story is a great reminder that as we journey the Landscapes of Lent, we are not alone. God is with us. God will never leave…
You Amaze us God,Not because- You answer all our questions Not because- You hide us from desperate darkness Not because- You run the world the way we’d like Because this is not the way you seem to work You Amaze us God You Amaze Because- We can ask the most disturbing questions: Why? How…
Breathtaking God, You make the Earth to Orbit the Sun, Winter and Summer a New Year Begun, Breathing God, You make the Sun to Sustain all Life, Sun Shining, Plants Growing, Animals Eating, Humans Breathing. Breathtaking God, You Give Good Things to Everyone, Peace Hope Love Joy Courage One by One. Breathtaking God, You Undo…
On Friday, December 7th, 2012 Peter Knauert chose to take his own life. Peter was incredibly gifted, deeply passionate, and a bright shining star among us. The finality of his death takes our breath away and leaves us stunned and bewildered. Peter felt the injustices of the world deep in his bones and hoped to become a…