I, like all angels, am a scatter of words,half startling with great profundities,half absurd, I flash the shape of many wings,I sing, and like all angels, am sometimes heard. My task, now, is to introduce,to appear to that slight girlwho will carry a chorus in her womb.If flesh can reverberate with the cries of prophets,or … Continue reading A Song Within and Beyond Mary

This is my son John.In summer, he will wear a buffalo robe,or bury himself in an anorak or a ski-jacket,snow pants and a hat with ear flaps.In winter he’ll walk naked.His skin will be blue.When he’s out in the wildernesshe might sit on a pole,or roll himself up like a hedgehogand live in a tree.He … Continue reading Elizabeth Names Her Son

Published in Foreshadow Magazine on July 7, 2025: https://www.foreshadowmagazine.com/magazine/a-creed-in-santa-cruz. Illumination A year after my mother’s death, we went to visit my brothers in Santa Cruz during the week after Christmas. Ohio was cold and snowy, and California was vibrant with life. Little pools of water along the shore line were rich with creatures and color. We … Continue reading A CREED IN SANTA CRUZ

Published in Foreshadow Magazine, July 8, 2025: https://www.foreshadowmagazine.com/magazine/sometimes-a-radiant-world Illumination If we are Christ’s body, we must accept all of the aches and pains, the sleepiness, the sloth, the injury, the activity that is part of any form of embodiment. Just as we do not yet live within our resurrected bodies, the embodied community is not free … Continue reading Sometimes A Radiant World