Thursday, February 25, 2016

lenten poem ten

Kisaba village on Bukasa Island, Uganda, 2007.
The folks had carpeted this church with soft, sweet-smelling, freshly-cut
grasses. It was lovely--my first experience with grass carpet indoors.
But I also watched its freshness die, while Bible metaphors
echoed through me. Today's metaphor: James 1:9-11.

Carême 10: Pure of Heart

A pigeon couple
On tiled roof across the way
Happy in the rain.

                                                          
                                                         ----(for they are the Lord's)


("Limitations" from Prayer: 40 Days of Practice by Justin McRoberts & Scott Erickson; The Lent Project - Biola U. Center for Christianity, Culture and the Arts; Psalm 119:33-48; James 1:1-15; Matthew 5:8)

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