Dec 9 – Stand Up

Posted on December 9, 2016December 9, 2016 by Laurel Archer

Moses killed a man, stirred up as he was, finally admitting he was a brother to the defenseless one under attack.  Oh it was a mistake, to be sure, a crime of passion, anger not yet refined in the fi... Read More

Dec 8 – At a snail’s pace

Posted on December 8, 2016December 3, 2016 by Laurel Archer

If you can’t go far, go deep, or around and around discovering your reduced kingdom, smaller than expected where the dreams you had shimmer and disappear, as you reach for your reading glasses neede... Read More

Dec 7 – Jacob on the run

Posted on December 7, 2016December 7, 2016 by Laurel Archer

A firstborn’s blessing is just words when you’re threatened running from it all. And that crazy dream! God’s word – promises chasing me home. © 2016 – Violet Nesdoly and Laurel Arc... Read More

Dec 6 – Freedom

Posted on December 6, 2016December 3, 2016 by Laurel Archer

… soup steaming, flatbread fused with broiled cheese bubbling, everything at the necessary super-hot temperature.  I coax Caleb into the chair – finally.  He is dependent on prompts which li... Read More

Dec 5 – Live in Hope

Posted on December 5, 2016December 3, 2016 by Laurel Archer

Cars raced by. I was dawdling, distracted by Caleb’s unease in the backseat as we traveled home from Children’s Hospital.  The doctor had listened but offered us nothing to fix the anxiety that c... Read More

Dec 4 – A Flood of Praise

Posted on December 4, 2016December 4, 2016 by Laurel Archer

A Flood of Praise Praise for this resinous wood the stalls, skylight, and great door swinging. Praise for the pairs of birds, beasts, reptiles all this flying, calling, stomping, braying, slithering. ... Read More

Dec 3 – After Eden

Posted on December 3, 2016December 3, 2016 by Laurel Archer

Fruit Cultivated, culled Remembering, wondering, asking Are these thorns forever? Yield Reseed soil with longing For another chance Faintly hopeful Harvest © 2016 by Laurel Archer & Violet Nesdol... Read More

Dec 2 – And it was very good

Posted on December 2, 2016December 2, 2016 by Laurel Archer

Let Us, Our Image be the model for each one. Even this one? Yes. Photo Collage: Laurel Archer Haiku:  © 2016 – Laurel Archer  ... Read More

Dec 1 – Begin again

Posted on December 1, 2016November 28, 2016 by Laurel Archer

We don’t begin today.  We began a thousand – thousand mornings ago with others, whose curious hearts, hurting and hopeful, worn weary, yet still watchful led the way longing.  The famous one... Read More

Toward Christmas Intro

Posted on November 28, 2016 by Laurel Archer

For many years now I have marked Advent by postings daily writings, reflecting with characters from the Great Story: Creation to Bethlehem.  My joy has been increased over the past two years by inclu... Read More