the sun beats harshly on crenulated battlements
as a string of horsemen and camels approaches the gate.
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swaddled Savior
the stony hills are shrouded in darkness, the shapes of shrub
and sheep and shepherd almost indistinguishable in the gloom.
sons of promise
a scrubby hillside, a tiny house, and a weary traveler
picking her way up the dusty path to the threshhold.
compline
Emmanuel — behold Him the Meek and Mighty, child the universe’s Maker come to what we have defiled Emmanuel — o praise Him the righteous Warrior wise He comes the fettered heart to free and none will He despise Emmanuel — adore Him the Shepherd tender, true He comes the broken to restore and make…
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i thank Thee, uncreated Son that Thou didst deign to shine within the darkness of my soul and warm my heart with Thine i thank Thee, ever-endless One Who left Thy holy throne to take my evanescent frame and wear it as Thine own i thank Thee, Living Water sweet Whose life Thou freely gave…
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go seek Him in the country
go find Him by the way
go see that in your night has dawned
the light of endless day
winter afternoons
There’s a certain Slant of light, Winter Afternoons – That oppresses, like the Heft Of Cathedral Tunes – Heavenly Hurt, it gives us – We can find no scar, But internal difference – Where the Meanings, are – None may teach it – Any – ‘Tis the seal Despair – An imperial affliction Sent us…
Read Moreobjections of dust
You say “be anxious for nothing” — i sometimes wonder if You realize how big “nothing” is to someone of my smallness. (of course You do.) i saw the planets shining brightly in the early morning darkness and remembered how impossibly vast were the tiny pin-prick stars barely visible to my sleepy eyes. they number…
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angel-promised, prophet-seen God-Man born to die … and now nothing is the same
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sometimes i forget what Your name means, o Emmanuel, God with us. it rolls off the tongue easily as a lesson learned by a little child — a foreign word made familiar, innocuous, even, by frequent use. but God — the Consuming Fire the Beginning and Endless eternally in present tense the Speaker into being…
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