Tag: Advent
Dec 9 – Stand Up
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
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
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
… 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
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
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
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
Let Us, Our Image be the model for each one. Even this one? Yes. Photo Collage: Laurel Archer Haiku: © 2016 – Laurel Archer ... Read More