Baptize

Where is our

wilderness

in these modern

times

where the freeway

carries us everywhere

lined with stores

filled with all we desire?

In our wilderness hearts

a voice is crying

feed the hungry

provide shelter

to the poor

#pictureAdvent Day 7 John 1:23-28

Listen

Swept

in the wake

of the world's

whirlwind ways

I tumble

tormented

by negativity 

and noise

My heart 

longs

for lull

to listen

...

...

...

#pictureAdvent Day 6 Acts 13: 16, 23-25

Shelter

Clouds embrace

the last flame

of dawn

before the frost

fades

Later

clouds return

holding

the sunset's glow

against bare trees

#pictureAdvent Day 5 Isaiah 4: 2-6

Return

Leaves unfold
fade
fall
Water flows
freezes
in fault lines
Geese
gather
wheeling
south
but will
return
Winter
is waiting
for 
Spring's
redemption

#pictureAdvent Day 4 Isaiah 54: 9-10

Promise

Photo originally taken 1/23/14
The seemingly endless winter
that still surrendered
to spring

When the cold
fractures the light
into rainbows
this, too,
is God's 
promise-sign
Color
will carry us
through winter's
bleak days
covanent-protection
for every
living 
thing.

#pictureAdvent Day 3 Genesis 9: 12-17

Blessing

Clear and bright

early and alive

blessed by sky

and trees with arms

wide open

This morning

every morning

awake again

and moving

#pictureAdvent Day 2 Psalm 21: 13

Awake

Am I 

awake?

My guilt

and recriminations

deafen me

to any good news

Dawn promises

light

that will illuminate

my fears

#pictureAdvent Day 1 Matthew 24: 36. 44