Category Archives: Poetry and Songs

Ketoctin Grace

As long-time readers of this blog know, a small brick church in Virginia’s Loudoun County has been a singular presence in my entire life. Ketoctin Baptist Church was founded in 1751. Its archives still contain correspondence between these Baptists and … Continue reading

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Poetics, Liturgy and Lent

At the invitation of the pastors at my church, I provided the opening call and prayer for our worship services from Ash Wednesday to Easter this year. It became a kind of Lenten discipline of meditation and composition. Over the … Continue reading

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Christmas in Ukraine

There are times in our individual lives, in the lives of communities and nations, and now even on this planet, when a catalytic flash seems to weld together our fitful and ambiguous struggles for justice with the divine intention for … Continue reading

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In the Time of Grace

In the time of grace beyond three score and ten a clearing opens up before me at the edge of woods where I have made my fires, built my homes, and gathered nuts and berries for my journey. But in … Continue reading

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