A New Year’s Prayer | from Ed Martinez
“Arms to the side,
widen the road to my heart,
walk into my life,
into my being,
penetrate, season, saturate,
and flavor me…”
Contemplative Life
Resolutions – A Poem by Julie Clark
Some are about losing (Weight or bad habits) Some are about gaining (Wealth or a spouse) All about changes to make in the year…
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Advent | Reflections from Ed Martinez
the prophets spoke of hope for the one that would bring conquest over oppression,
the one that would restore a nation,
the one that would finally bring peace,
where is the significance for me now?
Lifting Our Eyes – A Poem by Julie Clark
Lifting our eyes, just in time to see the eagle soaring towards us and then turning away. Silently above us, searching for fish. It…
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I once asked God – A Poem by Josh Potter
I once asked God about the woman. He answered, I know not of whom you speak. I once asked God about women’s rights. She…
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Is Anybody Listening? A Poem by Natalie Patterson
We are a nation of opinions Someone is always talking Which leads me to wonder, Who is listening? Who is taking note? Who is…
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Haven Tree – A Poem by Julie Clark
Like a mustard seed Planted in a garden Grows to be a haven tree For birds to perch and sing For weary souls to…
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Everything – A Poem by Julie Clark
Everything lost Shall be found Everything left behind Catches up There is a rhythm There is a rhyme A purpose And a plan A…
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Third Culture Kid: Let’s Talk TCK Relationships
Are you a Third Culture Kid (TCK)? Does your TCK-ness ever get in the way of connecting with people and making friends? Or are…
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If I Listen – A Poem by Julie Clark
If I listen I will hear a variety of Chirps, tweets and caws Outside my window The motors become background To the symphony If…
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At the Table of Discord | A Poem by Ed Martinez
Do you see the power that is oppressing me?
Have you heard the pundits saying who and why I am?
Do you, can you understand the language of my pain
Do you know if this sin will ever wipe itself away?
Listening to the questions of life at the table of discord.
Black, white, subjugate, indignant.
Deepening | A Poem by Ed Martinez
I took the spot by the still water where children came to play.
Screaming, jumping, running, taking in all the excitement of their day.
I knew the inevitable that would follow as the children left.
Silence fell and in the silence was the stillness of God.