The wind slamming into the bricks of our 1917 house wakes me from a sound sleep. What is not repulsed by the walls and mortar manages to slip in through the yet uncovered window air conditioner. The dogs, banished from the comfort of the futon in the next room where the sleeping guest cat lies, are uneasy with the restless wind. So am I. I listen while the wind lifts … [Read more...] about Winter Wind
Archives for December 2009
A Large Presence
"Did you take a look on the front porch?” Rick called up the stairs.No, I thought, why should I? I had just gotten home late in the evening after a very long day; in fact, it had been an unrelenting series of long days. So after I had walked in the side door, greeted Rick and the dogs, the latter overly enthusiastic from neglect, it had not taken me long to disappear … [Read more...] about A Large Presence
Magnificat 3
Mary's song of rejoicing announces what some have called an "upside down world." God will scatter the proud and look with favor on the lowly. God will bring down powerful rulers and, again, lift up the lowly. God will make sure the hungry are fed while the rich will be sent away empty. God's promises will turn the world's ways of orchestrating things upside down.So where … [Read more...] about Magnificat 3
Magnificat 2
Someone has pointed out that you don't call on a "savior" unless you are in great need of something. Mary calls God "my Savior." She was a very young women, pregnant and unmarried. She was poor. She was uneducated. She lived in a country ruled, taxed and punished by a foreign power and corrupt governors. In her world life was precarious. I doubt that she said the words … [Read more...] about Magnificat 2
Magnificat 1
What a joy to have someone finally believe you, be thrilled at the news of your pregnancy, while the rest in your world can only admonish, "Mary, what have you done?!" Yes, joy instead of shame.What a joy to feel a too-long-hoped-for-baby, a mysterious baptizer John baby, swim an in utero somersault in the presence of greater approaching mystery. Joy comes in multiplying … [Read more...] about Magnificat 1