Word
Today, I'm returning to sharing from The BeZine, our sister publication. I am sharing from a poem that Lisa Ashley wrote about the youth in detention that we encounter. (jail detention not after-school detention). Lisa and I have been working together for years. Even though we hardly ever see each other! We work different shifts on different days. :) Actually, I'll by sharing one of her poems today and one tomorrow.
A Child's Touch: A Poem from Juvenile Detention
by Lisa Ashley
He met his baby niece and toddler nephew
for the first time on that three-day special visit.
Each child was named for him,
the way his brother and sister honored him.
His mother wept tears of joy,
her baby son, her youngest child,
her first visit since he was sentenced
six years ago.
He’s ...
I'm sure some of you have seen the different ways to find your Word of the Year. People believe it is a more positive use of energy than listing resolutions that will most likely be broken by the middle of the second week of the year. I like Susannah Conway's process, so this is what I will go through to find my word for 2015. She asks you to visualize your perfect day in 2015...what you were doing....how you felt....what you were looking forward to. Then she asks you to think about the following questions:
-- What is definitely happening in 2015?
-- What are you hoping will happen in 2015?
-- What dreams would you like to nurture in the new year?
-- What area(s) of your life is/are asking to be supported in 2015?
-- What qualities do you want to develop in yourself?
-- What does y...
Our host today is Frank Watson of FollowTheBlueFlute.com. This is the final posting of Advent! For more about Frank, please scroll to the end.
Bathing in the Light
A micropoetry sequence inspired by Isaiah 60, 1-6
though he had
only one book
its withered pages
contained the secrets
he had wandered
for decades to find
lost from his path
the woods were covered in fog
between the trees
between the leaves
he followed a light
that would bring him home
for as the Earth
revolves
there is someone
somewhere
that bathes
in the golden light
of a warming dawn
and above the Earth
we see below
the golden remnants
of God’s reflection
and birds
that rise to heaven
to leave their song behind
...
...
1 Arise, shine; for your light has come,
and the glory of the Lord has risen upon you.
2 For darkness sha...
