for her child, for her children for healing, for grace for the pain she carries to be lifted from her weary shoulders her tired feet, pacing the late night floor, longing for sleep that will not come hoping, always for a brighter future to breath free, without weight hanging, pulling her...
Poem by Erin Yarborough – Come out of your slumber Why do you still sleep? Awaken your heart, Awaken your being See the light of His face shining upon your heart Do not hide from the light, let His light in – When the light comes, the darkness has to go And would we not want ...
“I beg you to keep me in this silence so that I may learn from it the word of your peace and the word of your gentleness to the world. And that through me perhaps your word of peace may make itself heard where it has not been possible for anyone to hear it for a long time. ...
Evelyn Underhill writes about the temptation for turning toward what is new or odd or startling, as well as “a dusty crowd of devotional knickknacks that distract from the simplicity being present to the nearness of God. Temperance requires a spirit of renunciation, checking the love of what...