Psalms and Songs

This morning, as I rose out of the subway station and the grey, cold sky welcomed me with sharp kisses upon my lips and cheeks, I closed my eyes to smile as grief's last stage filled my heart. And I breathed in an eternal winter, where spring is only a story and only arrives as

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6w3s_spyKQ Lent approaches.

Sorrow Marie Howe So now it has our complete attention, and we are made whole. We take it into our hands like a rope, grateful and tethered, freed from waiting for it to happen. It is here, precisely as we imagined. If the man has died, if the child's illness has taken a sudden turn,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6ifY1UV3CM Outside is America. #AdventIsNow #blacklivesmatter

In countercultural America, Thanksgiving traditions fall into two main categories: Arlo Guthrie's epic story "Alice's Restaurant" and William S. Burroughs' "A Thanksgiving Prayer." Clearly, this being a theology blog, we take a moment to bow our heads and pray along with St. Burroughs. Dear Lord, hear our prayer. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLSveRGmpIE