Chesed / cinquain

17Aug09

Chesed:
Primordial love.
Trinity’s rescue plan—
Gloriously scandalizing—
Jesus.
photo: Tod Polson

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Bootless cries

11Sep08

I cried out to God this morning and was surprised to hear not a thunderous response, nor a stern rebuke, nor a gentle cooing, but rather a velvet hush.  No, “hush” is too soothing, and “velvet” is too luxuriant.  It was more like a Mona-Lisa-smile of a sound.  No judgment, one way or the other.  [...]

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Thin, like a vegetarian

16Aug08

“You’re thinking too much with your rational mind,” he said, very mellow and uncritical, as if we were sitting together over a cup of espresso at The Grey Dog on University Place in the Village.
 
I had come in to get a consultation on the tattoo, which is scheduled for Tuesday, and had explained that I [...]

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