LETTERS

THE FLICKERED TORCH OF LIBERTY In the end, America’s built on trust– that servants serve, that votes are counted fair– that once the hot...

SACRED DEMOCRACY What shame I felt when witnessed Jesus flag waved high by mob that knocked down freedom’s door What pain to see my...

THE LAW, THE LOCK AND THE KEY By vote we choose the ones who write our laws By rule of law our nation keeps the peace Peace officers...

SHOULDERS OF HOPE Great-granddad landed young on freedom’s shore From street to street, sold coal in the city His son, my PopOps, sold...

IN DEFENSE OF JOURNALISTS We’ve lost them by the thousands o’er the years As broadcast news and papers shrink and die Replaced by...

THE DIPLOMAT’S PRAYER Dear God, our flag and theirs are waving hate Outrage has peaked; two calls to arms begin Do you not grieve as we...

EVENING PRAYERS FOR EARTH AND US Lord, remnant forest canopy please keep In Greenland, save the final sheets of ice African elephants:...

THE WHOLE WORLD IN MY CUP Gold-touched was August’s morn as I rose. Bullfrog croaks joined cricket crepitations with finch-cheep,...

MAY OFFERINGS SAVE Forgive– I know not what starving children feel Nor mother, water vanishing from well Nor father, as crops fail– sheep...

IRRITATING NEIGHBOR An irritating neighbor called out “Welcome!” As I ran out my brand new home one day Handed me a pie-well-dressed,...

AS SUN AND I ARISE As sun and I arise, my Lord, I greet You To share this bright new day in prayer before You Shine light on sin, that I...

TOWARDS A CLIFFTOP FLAG Next step, free solo, towards a clifftop flag, though footholds crumble– rainfall spurs the slip– she climbs...

GOODNESS HIDDEN Priest and Levite averted eye as passed the sorely wounded, near-to-death Jewish man It took a lowly foreigner outcast to...

THIS TOO IS JOY Best we not seek a predictable day, for life’s meaning is found in the detours Every twist bequeaths its fruit, come what...

SHOW ME THE TRUE One hateful comment sparks a hate-filled trend; contagion grows in righteous fury spires. One love-response to the hate...

MOTHER DEER A nature photo caught my heart today Mother deer, split-second before leopard’s teeth Serene because her two fawns had run...

FROM NIGHT TO LIGHT I found more comfort in control than trust Protecting my self-interest like a hawk I counted the world unsafe and...

STEP UP If, when God asks for more than is convenient, And claims some of the downtime of your day, What depth will you reveal in your...

OSCAR ROMERO Romero was appointed archbishop To toe the line in poor San Salvador Everyone thought he’d keep low and kiss up To the...

HUMBLE SCRAPS I just spent twenty minutes with head bowed down, seeking my God in contemplative prayer. But mind hopped around like a...