House on the hill

I walked along golden hills still with spring green. I past along a mended fence. The fences both new and old marched along that road speaking much of times great flight.    But louder still did the fields speak and that lone house on the hill. It spoke of time and toil. It spoke of … More House on the hill

Song of the Clay

Deep in the muck and the mud and the mire I began to be formed long before the fire. At first I was dry, lifeless and void, nothing of value or goodness; abhorred. But for the hands of the potter supreme who made me and formed me and molded me to be a vessel of truth and purity, a vessel of usefulness and integrity.   From the muck and … More Song of the Clay

No footprints when we go

mist hangs above the hills above mist hangs stone face of mountain above mountain face hangs a net of sky- crack! there are wings and they rip the net!                    and the Dance flows on                    everything flows toward the rim of that shining cup   crossed sticks lie on earth between crossed sticks-pile of ash … More No footprints when we go

Lazarus come forth!

Black heart, Cold flesh, Surely there must be a stench For he has been dead for some time. Master comes. “Did I not tell you that if you belived you would see the glory of God, Lazarus come forth”!   © 1997 wmp. Oak Street Santa Rosa

To know my rest

. To know my rest is a blessed thing, Known only by the humblest of kings. For in my rest you are laid low, Your life upon my alter you sow. So place yourself within my care, Your worries all; your fears laid bare, I then will see your heart as true, And all my … More To know my rest