Autumn on the Island by Jodie McCallie The wind sighing high in the tree tops sounds like the surf until I reach the beach where the waves crash ashore with a louder declaration until they reach the sand where they sough up the shoreline and sound like the wind high in the treetops where doesContinue reading “Autumn on the Island”
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Light Dancing
Light Dancing by Charlotte-Anne Allen Light dancing on splashes of gold, red, and orange beckons to passers-by. Greens and browns wave their fronds, seasons past and to come. Evening’s chill brings thoughts of tomorrow, as time tolls; prepare! Day’s warmth welcomes memories of life, laughter, and tears. And so we dance, welcoming light’s hope, inContinue reading “Light Dancing”
Value in Brokenness
Value in Brokenness by Elizabeth Singletary As I entered the next exhibit at the museum, I was aghast at the broken pieces on the floor and appalled someone would destroy museum property and walk away. When I attempted to pick up the broken pieces, I was stopped by the guard who exclaimed, “That’s a pricelessContinue reading “Value in Brokenness”
When I Fear I Have Lost My Flavor
When I Fear I Have Lost My Flavor by Deb Beddoe Sometimes, discouragement knocks hard on your door and it takes everything in you not to invite it in to share a giant piece of chocolate cake. Sometimes, you let it in. And you eat the cake. And the leftover spaghetti. Sometimes, discouragement crawls intoContinue reading “When I Fear I Have Lost My Flavor”
Grace in the Growing
Grace in the Growing by Ashlyn McKayla Ohm Flowers must be fashioned from forever. I am a writer, not a gardener, preferring to cultivate sentences rather than seedlings. So I still cannot understand what compelled me to visit a gardening shop this spring and return with an armful of tiny plants. Perhaps it was theContinue reading “Grace in the Growing”
Through A Glass Darkly
Through A Glass Darkly by Sue Fulmore “For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.” I Corin. 13:12 KJV We have a new mirror in our home. It is beautiful, round and gold-rimmed withContinue reading “Through A Glass Darkly”
Promise
Promise by Vina Bermudez Mogg I bought a Meyer lemon tree last Mother’s day in memory of my mother. Meyer lemons favor a taste sweeter than the ordinary. I placed this petite seedling into a clay pot. A clay pot like the one she placed geraniums in the spring. This tree carried one lone fruitContinue reading “Promise”
Necessity
Necessity by Jennie Cesario I watched at a window, a twin winging each hip, as they hollowed you from the earth, careful as surgeons, a dozen work-booted men, each jumping on his own shovel. The man-in-charge, the one who’d driven by the week before and offered us the money, had a sixth-sense about margins: theContinue reading “Necessity”
Incarnate
Incarnate by Leslie A. McLeod Feet that walk in Garden cool, Stride atop tempestuous seas. Voice that speaks Creation’s all. Hands smear clay: a blind man sees. Weary head on pillow stone, Laughing eyes in knowing love, Jordan’s droplets in his hair Spirit-kissed by Heaven’s dove. Borrowed flesh paid debts not owed: Shattered torso, hands,Continue reading “Incarnate”
The Crumbling Mess of My Heart
The Crumbling Mess of My Heart by Sharla Fritz Ruins everywhere. As I walk the site of an ancient city in Israel, I sigh at the sight of destruction. I see nothing left but stacks of well-worn stone. Tumbled-down walls of rock. Debris from past lives. Remnants of greatness. These disintegrating leftovers of a townContinue reading “The Crumbling Mess of My Heart”
Awake Our Hearts 