Published in Time of Singing, Volume 41, Number 1, Spring 2014
Editor Lora H. Zill

God Remembers Noah-And Me
Genesis 9:13 NIV

As present as sunlight
in the midst of rain,
as promising as a green olive leaf
in the beak of a dove,
a prism casts a rainbow image
onto the pages of Sunday's lesson
spread like bread
          on the kitchen table.

Published in Time of Singing, Volume 41, Number 1, Spring 2014
Editor Lora H. Zill

For God's Eyes Alone
Roger Morigi was a master stone carver, Washington National Cathedral, 1956-1978

Scaling a scaffold
let down like a Jacob
ladder leaning against
heaven's gate,
an artisan calls out to Morigi
who had spent days
chiseling leaves
in an all but hidden part
of a sacred tableau
as spirited as children
playing hide and seek:

Why is it taking you so long?
The leaves are beautiful.
But who will ever see them?
 

Quote from "Breath for the Bones" by Luci Shaw

Luci Shaw is one of my favorite poets and writers. Here are a few lines of hers I would like to share with you.

On cultivating creativity, she says, "Among the things that good literature involves are elements of inevitably
and surprise--essential to all arts. A well-wrought work gives the sense that this is the way it was inevitably meant to be, and part of that certainty comes from the surprises in it, words in unusual juxtaposition, fresh ideas that give us a little jolt of astonishment.
     Yet there is another community that informs the creative life: friendship, which is formed with others who share a conviction of faith and a dedication to artistic process."