Posts Categorized: Pastor’s Ponderings

Let’s Go Discovering   Sunny day and we know Endorphins abound, Good things are ready to be discovered.   But since we also know that injustice Is not confined to the darkness, That cries of distress Are bound to be heard Even in the midst of joy, Then let’s go discovering:   Let’s discover practices… Read more

Sometimes It does not rain for weeks, And then we pray- And sometimes it will rain Just enough, When just enough will do.   But sometimes It will rain way too much Though if we are wise We will bite our tongues And ponder ways that we might share The bounty we’ve been given.  … Read more

I went for a drive, In search of a poem And saw orange pylons, And yellow flashers And MEN WORKING Dressed in orange T-shirts And khaki shorts.   I went for a drive, In search of a poem, And saw a man crossing The road on a bike, Reflectors going round and round On each… Read more

This I Know This I know, For I have seen it in myself, That I am better When I am loved- By myself, By the Lord, Even imponderably, By you. And even though surely Some folk are easier to love than I, I believe we are all Better when we are loved. Therefore I hope… Read more

Take One Life Take one life- Yours, mine, the kid next door- One beautiful life, Filled with possibilities Yet abundant with risk And it’s all beautiful. Then things happen, Or don’t happen. Scars form, Other wounds never heal, Not completely. They can be tragic, But sometimes those same things That happened, or not, Can lead… Read more

Sitting here, I hear the birds, I feel the breeze, I see the tree the power company Pruned, her towering crown removed So that she grows thick and lush But not stately, Noticeable only for her oddness.   And yet in the heat of day I have parked my car in the Comfort of her… Read more

“This man was born blind so that God’s mighty deeds could be revealed in him.” –John 9   I suppose, Lord, that it’s still possible That you would do A mighty deed in me. But, to tell the truth, It hurts too much to hope for one. So I’m not hoping. In fact, most days,… Read more

ESPECIALLY IF   One is near God’s heart in a garden, Especially if The garden is a bit chaotic, Random, Splashed with color, Part gone-to-seed yet Volunteers sprouting all about, A place where birds bathe And children laugh And bees buzz, A place that will surprise you and delight you And invite you to join… Read more

Day by day the weirdness of humanity Confronts me and astounds me And complicates my life But this morning, at 9:36, I experienced the delight of our multiplicity- The short and the tall The shabby and the eloquent The somber and the gleeful The queer and the not-what-you-think The confused and we who think ourselves… Read more

Sun so bright this morn It makes me squint, A tiny little bit of it Goes a way very long- 93 million miles, To be exact.   And here, Where it penetrates the forest And lights upon a small leaf It sets to work, making berries. And you? When it penetrates your soul- When the… Read more