at dawn death rolled back
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easter monday
in the park
the japanese magnolia is shedding
its petals
easter sunday
two syllables turn despair back to delight
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holy saturday
we planted the peas today
rolled their plump green bodies
into the black bacterial dust
gardeners call inoculant
and then tucked them one by one
under the soil
good friday
today the warmth returned
and the blond-haired boys were
running wild through beds
of brittle hydrangea
and barren rose canes
when the littlest
still unsteady on his feet
caught his teddybear bib on a thorn
Jesus at 33
This year my half birthday falls on Good Friday; I will be halfway through my 33rd year. I’ve thought a lot about Jesus over these past six months, wondering what human life was like for Him, wondering whether He started counting down the days to the cross, knowing full well what was coming.
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spirare
o Spirit of God
breathe into me
easter monday
practicing resurrection
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we are all like peter
do you love Me, friend? do you love Me, dear peter? oh, do you love Me? it’s Easter morning and we are all like peter — what will you reply?
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unless a seed will fall to the ground and die no tomb can be a womb
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