(Deep at the bottom of this quote is the SLOW Word Lectio. Subscribe on right to receive weekly lectios from the lectionary.) I feel more at home in the roomy world of poetry. I can be bare and human. I penned this…
Lately I’ve been settling into routine and intentionally making space for my introversion. In seminary I took the Myers-Briggs and was told that I was confused. How could I sit so stalwartly in the middle of the E and…
“I know who you are,” I whisper to my blond curly headed sister and squeeze her shoulders tight. Her eyes water and I pray the words bounce around the cavern of her body and stick deep into her heart. She’s…
A Psalm of Mornings Holy The hour Before my husband wakes My kitchen still clean. Holy The nameless birds Whose caws penetrate the cool of my open window. Holy The shawl wrapped and padded stillness, The steaming…
Today, I’m thankful for my beautiful mama… Bethel Farrington Myers Bethel, House of God All I saw were the loads of laundry and the nightly meal, I had no idea how strong you had to be to silently offer…
Today, God hung slack on a tree, Bleeding red love Hungry Shamed Alone. Today, Compassion cried bloody tears On the mob that killed it And asked forgiveness For the hand and the hammer And cried, “Father!” to stopped-up ears.…