Why are you so full of heaviness, O my soul?and why are you so disquieted within me?Psalm 42:6 The intricacy of bare trees never ceases to fascinate me. The limbs that reach toward the sky, each one with its own… Continue reading

You have not shut me up in the power of the enemy;you have set my feet in an open place.Psalm 31:8 In the late afternoon, I still have one work task to complete before I can call it a day.… Continue reading

For in you, O י ה ו ה, have I fixed my hope;you will answer me, O Lord my God.Psalm 38:15 Everything around me seems half done. I’m halfway through a stack of bills, the tree is halfway up, and… Continue reading

For your love is before my eyes;I have walked faithfully with you.Psalm 26:3 When we finally connect on facetime and my friend’s smile comes into view, I smile in return. Our conversation has been long delayed. I had missed a… Continue reading

Gracious is י ה ו ה and righteous;our God is full of compassionPsalm 116:4 I look at the screen of my phone and feel annoyed. The software updated again and now everything looks different. As someone who is very visually… Continue reading

Protect me, O God, for I take refuge in you. Psalm 16:1 I walk in an indirect path, skirting patches of ice. Yesterday’s sun melted most of the remains of an earlier snow, but lingering damp places froze overnight. And… Continue reading

a single pane of glassframes the not yet springbranches intricate curvesforming pleasing and jagged patternsthe negative space a contrasteven in the dulland sunless afternoonI stillbreathand attention caughtsnagged by the bare twigsand I know I am looking at promise and powerI… Continue reading

all the colors of the rainbow with pointed tips await my hand but I’d rather linger within this glimpse of their sun enhanced intensity and possibility Continue reading