Mrs. Potato Head Prayer
“Two for each person, and one for the pot.” I count out the smallish russet potatoes for supper tonight, just another ordinary Thursday meal. I’m rushing to get...
Category: a life of prayer
The Prayer of the Boiling Dish Cloths
Oh Lord and Master Housekeeper, Soak me in your sudsy brine.Loosen the grease that saturates my fibresand prevents absorption of your solvent.Stir and boil, agi...
The Prayer of the Bur
God, Let me be the bur, sticking on to your wool sock. I am a legless seed, looking for the good soil. Take me with you on your narrow way, through night’...
Evening walk
I am walking beneath a high chapel canopy, Next to Queen Anne’s lace, Whose white crown bends to the coming north wind. Sunset bestows a gilded light on ordered...
A corner of morning light
{a morning prayer} Lord, wake all of me into your light today. Steal into every hidden corner and slumbering chamber with the day-beckoning of grace. Wash my dr...