The world--it is a place of mystery; religion a matter of faith. Yet all around us in the matrix of creation, animals, people, and personal experience the immanence of the Creator is present. More than that so is the Spirit who shapes the world, and Jesus the Incarnate, the Word of God and Redeemer of shattered relationships between God and all creation. We do not always have the clarity of experiencing God in the beauty or disorder of life, yet God is there, waiting to be praised, encountered, thanked, and experienced. Every moment is an opportunity to grasp that presence. Simple words of no great import in the world of literature can sometimes capture that experience in a phrase or an image. While that perception is individual we share common experiences and an imagination to envision rapture or difficulty. While my poems may not be memorable, like a key, they can open the realm of possible relationship that is available to everyone as God's invitation to his friendship, a relationship we can call grace as Incarnation.
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ReligionDay 1
Cosmic Christ
Dogs’ tracks
child’s toes
dolphin nose
Golden sands
hold brown coconut water
Driftwood like a stingray’s tail
regal palms of earth’s split veil
cast-off shrouds
clouds of crowds
parallel the sweet wild beach
Soft jade seas
winds that breathe
world to be
Advent’s first day he gives to me
Figure 1: Encounter
Day 2
Life
You visit in sunrise and sickness
wild winds
cool water
Why do I feel the sickness more?
You smile from the dark face of the moon
I swim in a calm lagoon of prayer
Awaiting your answer
While dolphins’ bellies smile in praise
Theirs is a day caressed in water
Mine in graspless air
I swoon from your presence
Hot sun blesses my forehead
I can only wait for you
In the deafening calm of Advent
Day 3
The Beach
Ancient new waves
on liquid knees
Diamonds singing holy
at the foot of the shore
Panda skies
flowered dreams
in the place of sand and volcanoes
Iceberg clouds
above tall trees
Honeybees stop to look at me!
Day 4
Dawn
A kiss of pure mist meets morning
Unseen birds breathe aloha
Streetlights and Chri...
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Preface
- Introduction to Advent
- Prologue
- Day 1: Cosmic Christ
- Day 2: Life
- Day 3: The Beach
- Day 4: Dawn
- Day 5: Presence
- Day 6: Church
- Day 7: Overnight
- Day 8: Yielding
- Day 9: Morning
- Day 10: Paradox
- Day 11: Newborn Life
- Day 12: Company
- Day 13: Celestial Dreams
- Day 14: The Nature of Light
- Day 15: Sickness
- Day 16: Vision
- Day 17: Pregnancy
- Day 18: Preparation
- Day 19: Hurry
- Day 20: Gaudete
- Day 21: Light
- Day 22: Promise
- Day 23: Penance
- Day 24: Baby
- Day 25: Christmas Vigil
- Epilogue: Canticle of the Season: Desert Rhapsody
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