Wonder

To have been Mary:

How will life be different

With an empty tomb?

What would it look like

If all believed her story?

How will we be changed?

(Photo: Tyler Arboretum on July 2, 2016)

Hope

Greening in the spring,

Trusting that the Bread will rise,

Building bridges. Hope.

(Photo: Taken on 4/8/17 when first communion class made bread for Passion Sunday. Yes, I realize this bread doesn't rise, but I love the photo, so just imagine that this dough is full of yeast. May we all be yeast for this broken world.)

Awake

Dying on the cross:
A way to tell us stay woke?
Your cross. Everywhere.

(Photo: My cross of nails superimposed over Internet photos from recent events)

Spirit

You, the Inspirer
Breathing life into all things
To dance, to rise up, sing.

(Photo: Maundy Thursday 2017)

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Deny

"I do not know him."

Denial obscures the truth.

Peter's not alone.

We do not know him:

Christ living in refugees.

We still deny him.

(Photo: A car wash in Allentown on June 10, 2015)

Above

I.

The full moon above

Reflects the light of the sun,

Shines in the night sky.

II.
You are above all.
You are the sun, I the moon,
Reflecting your love.

(Photo: Taken through the dining room window of our cruise ship after leaving port in Ketchikan, AK on August 17, 2016)

Follow

He said, "Follow me,"

And that way led to the cross,

But didn't stop there....

(Photo: Taken from the bus en route from Oban to Glencoe on May 25, 2016)

Celebrate 6

Embraced by a love

That will never let us go:

What wonder! What joy!

(Photo: April 2011 at St. John Lutheran Church, Emmaus; haiku inspired by introduction to the Gospel reading given today by @prwayne55)

Blessed

Love poured out for us

In this way we are all blessed.

A gift. Let it flow.

(Photo taken today of the first communion class blessing the bread they've made for tomorrow's Eucharist)

Voice

I will lift my voice

Harmonizing with others

In the ageless Song.

(Photo: Closing of St. Michael's Lutheran Church, Germantown
September 11, 2016)

Believe

Take the leap of faith:

Believing is not seeing, 

Embrace mystery.

(Photo: Near Point Imperial, Grand Canyon, 9/25/11)

Hear

The seed is planted.

Take time to deeply listen,

Let the Word take root.

(Photo take at St. Ignatius Chapel, Seattle University on August 12, 2016)

Breath

Inhale. And exhale.
In each breath, a connection.
We're teathered to God.

(Photo: Holyhead Marina in Wales, May 28 1016)

Light

Illuminator,

Shining on what was hidden

Revealing the truth.

(Photo: Taken at sunrise on September 18, 2011 at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area)

Celebrate 5

New life bursting forth

Like Lazarus from his tomb,

Goodbye to death's stink.

(Photo: Taken today on our back porch. 

Haiku inspired by the sermon given today by Pastor Alina Gayeuski)

Darkness

Pay close attention:

Other senses come alive,

And show you the way.

 (Photo: Amazon lily pad at Longwood Gardens Nightscape, October 7, 2016)