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Ah Silent Wounded Sufferer
Silent Wounded Sufferer Breathe – slowly – in-then-out – deep cleansing breaths Ah Sweet Nectar How? How have I … Is it the endless excavating Is it the see-through smoke of a trillion stacks and pipes Is it the … Continue reading
Posted in Lament
Tagged beloved, good friday, lament, Love, poem, Prayer, song of songs
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How Compassion Came to Live Among Us
Words by Ninabeth Metcalf, Artwork: detail from Epocha by Tim Metcalf Find Tim’s artwork here
Posted in Arise & Conspire, Narratives of the Kin-dom
Tagged community, Compassion, cosmology, creation, creation story, Environment, Hate, joy, Life, Love, Prayer, suffering, Unity
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Our Neighbors
If I do not get up by ten after five (5:10a.m.) McKaley our Golden retriever nudges her cold black nose under my arm, waking me to a new day. She somehow knows that I should be awake by then and … Continue reading
Posted in Narratives of the Kin-dom
Tagged birds, butterfly, Christian prayer, deer, God, Gospel, heart, Jesus, Job 12:7-10, Love, Mark 12:29-31, more than human, neighbors, peacock, pets, Prayer
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Almost Heaven
Listen to my prayer, O God. Do not ignore my cry for help! Please listen and answer me, for I am overwhelmed by my troubles. My enemies shout at me, making loud and wicked threats. They … Continue reading
Posted in Lament
Tagged God, lament, mountaintop removal, Prayer, Psalms, split estate, west virginia
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arise to the east 