Cenacle Journal
Posted in Acceptance, Christmas, Grace on Dec 23rd, 2008
The poet U. A. Fanthorpe pictures the shepherds and the Magi – those familiar visitors to the infant Jesus – walking “haphazard by starlight straight/Into the kingdom of heaven”:
This was the moment when Before
Turned into After, and the future’s
Uninvented timekeepers presented arms.
This was the moment when nothing
Happened. Only dull peace
Sprawled boringly over the earth.
This was [...]
Gifts come in all shapes.
A few days ago the back doorbell rang. I went to answer it, but no one was there. Then as I stood there it rang again — with no one pushing it. That in itself was no mystery. Sometimes a particularly vigorous finger on the button will make the bell stick, [...]
Posted in Grace on Feb 18th, 2005
As you approach New Orleans on Interstate 10, as I did a couple of weeks ago, you begin to notice that the land has changed. The ground has become unstable, and with it the surface of the highway, creating a pavement that rises and dips.
No matter how hard the highway [...]
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