All the Wonders

Days run together And soon I don’t know ... Is it Wednesday or Saturday? We step through this disorienting, timelessness of social...

Bring in Spring. Fresh flowers from the yard brought inside. Share the light. I keep a candle burning when I'm awake. Meditate with...

For those who waitIn despair, In grief,In sorrow. You are comfort. You are strength. For those who wait In anxiety, In isolation, In...

I was already a world-class worrier long before the current crises we face ... before the Coronavirus ... before the tornados hit my...

The chime sounded to begin an hour of silence. I started walking up the road, Trying to find silence in my churned-up monkey brain. Step,...

The Words of Her Mouth is a collection of 150 original psalms written by ten women who are Christian pastors and leaders representing...

Loving God, you are our peace; prepare our hearts for your coming. Forge the swords of bitterness into plows of blessing; till the soil...

Three deer, a blue heron, the call of a pileated woodpecker Welcome me home. The wind in the leaves, the ripples on the lake, the silence...

I woke up this morning to a world without you. You were my bright morning star and confidante. Cheerleader and librarian. Theologian and...

Remembering my saints this weekend. On All Saints' Day, it is not just the saints of the church that we should remember in our prayers,...

I have the honor to serve as worship leader for our Upper Room Two-Year Academy for Spiritual Formation retreat in Alabama. I plan and...

I have been content to be here in the mountains. Watching, walking, writing. What a gift to get away, to hold solitude. To sleep and wake...

This morning I saw wildflowers blooming, Rooted in the cleft of a rock. Petals waved like Delicate violet water spouts. How can it be?...

Get a copy from Amazon: Jack's Book of Blessings: Celtic Poems by a Scottie Dog When I was preparing for the release of Christ Beside...

Be here. Now. In this place. Breathe in presence. Breathe out distraction. Listen deeply to Others, Self, Spirit. This is Holy Ground.

I hear the sound of breaking hearts. Tender, young hearts, open and hopeful, Facing betrayal from the church which formed them. Scarred,...

Loving God, Guard our hearts. Pray this prayer for those whose hearts are open, innocent, hopeful, vulnerable. As you inhale, pray...

By the rivers of Babylon -- there we sat down and there we wept when we remembered Zion. On the willows there we hung up our harps. For...

It was you who formed my inward parts; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. -...

A few days ago I held a baby in my arms. I felt my heart shaped and molded into a vessel of love and compassion. I imagined the birth of...