Last week a man was killed in a car crash in Uganda. He was a pastor. He was also one of the most mean-spirited and vicious people I have ever encountered in my life. He made me question what Evil was. His death has prompted an outpouring of sorrow from people touched by his ministry and […]
“I want you to keep your dignity,” I say. You look at me. I see the confusion, the blank stare, the quiver of panic that lingers at the edge of your eyes and in the taut skin below your jaw. “I know,” you say. But you don’t say anything else. I can barely control what happens inside me, […]
Last night I made a start at writing this down, then faltered when I saw how late it was, realized that my mind wasn’t nearly quiet enough to go to sleep and questioned whether the first few phrases that had formed in my mind were going to lead to anywhere. This morning I got out […]
A’s Communion Through him With him In him In the unity of the holy spirit Unto the hour of death, And the echo of a long valley For ever and ever. Crepe paper lightens my hand The flutter comes from the breath Of the word One supplication in this prayer To feel him A postcard From a […]
T’s communion When I go to communion hold my hand. The change in the air, The rustle of the heavy clothes, The scuff of shoes against the polished slate, The solitary cough, The clap of the wood boards against metal stays, The mumuring up ahead, The swollen rotation of the bellows, The stillness of the lift, […]