Can we talk about how effortlessly rich Kathleen Battle’s voice is? Hands down my favorite soprano of all time. “The peace of the Lord be with you.” We greet, shake hands, smile into the eyes of strangers and mumble…
“Fear not,” He says, but it is too late. I am already face down, fingers grasping stones, fingernails scraping dust. I grasp at the familiar. The glory burns and my knees come in tight. I fold up small hoping to hide. …
Luke 2:8&9 “And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about…
Isaiah 9:2, 6 “The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: and they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined! For unto us a child is born, unto us…
Isaiah 7:14 “… Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name lmmanuel: God with us” Life leapt. God kicked and what at first she had held tight within faith’s fist, now bounced, small mass of cells…
In our “lectionary” from Handel’s Messiah, we have come to the fearsome Malachi 3:2-3. But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? For he is like a refiner’s fire, and…
Haggai 2:6-7 For thus saith the Lord of hosts: once more (in a little while) I will shake heaven and earth, the sea and dry land; and I will shake all nations, and they shall come to the Desire of…
On the day He returns, rocks will prostrate, valleys rise up to meet His feet, and Alpine peaks bow down. The landscape will heal and surge and a highway will roll out a red carpet. The Savior will set the pads…
I read this and all indifference melts. Later I peer into eyes wonder what struggle my waitress, my kids’ teacher, my mask wearing perfect friend wrestles with. I wonder what makes you weary. The battle has been long and we…
We married in the dark candlelight of December. Flurries swirled on Kenyon College’s campus and we hurried into the stone church holding all our hopes for our future. We were crazy young: 18 and 20. We turned toward each other, said…