based on advent week 3 post: do we deserve joy? the advent of joycomes with a baby’s womb-leapingand a once-barren woman, familiar with …
Poetry
poem: the advent of our shame
a poem for Advent 2020, week 2 The advent of our shame was in the garden where we hid ourselves, clothed ourselves: Shame was our …
Fearless, a poem
#fromthejournalfridays continues with a poem on being fearless from church last year; before leaving for London, before meeting Chris (my …
The Fears I Hold
A year ago it was good Friday, and I wrote a small poem in the dimly lit sanctuary of the Anchor Fellowship in downtown Nashville. I was …
Advent Songs, part 4: peace
This hasn’t exactly been a year of peace for me. Or, as the Hebrew word shalom describes it, it hasn’t been a year of flourishing or …