Palm Sunday

Family

We sit together and
I can hear the thoughts

wondering

about That Day, feel
the hearts

brimming

with hope. What else
could I want but to

return

to the place where the
faith grows and

hums

with the Lord's
Promise, our own promises

growing

with every
gathering.

Lent - Core Value # 5

Worship

When I am unsure,
I turn to You.
When I need guidance,
I look to the trees

and see
how their limbs
bend and sway
with the wind.

They stretch their limbs
far up into the sky,
bend them deep
into the earth.

What praise
they have for what
they cannot see.
What wisdom

should I borrow
and honor in Your name -
to bend and pray
in worship.

Lent - Core Value # 4

God's Gift

He was silent from that
distance -

a statue up on a
hillside

while I stood far
behind, waiting.

But His heart was
with me -

the warming beat,
the promise still

hidden
underneath

an unplanted
cross.

I somehow knew He
was there for me,

for all of us
in a way that

none of our hearts
could fathom.

Lent - Core Value # 3

Blessing

The man was
silenced -

hands deep
in empty pockets

as he watched
the Lord

sort the dozens
into two flocks.

He remembered
what he had not done,

why his pockets
remained full,

his house an
empty cage.

He met the Lord's eyes
once

and waited
for His choice.

Without a word
the Lord placed coins

in both of his hands
to fill the hands

of both
the flocks.