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Minding the Scapegoat
Leviticus 16: 21-22 [The high priest] is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the wickedness and rebellion of the Israelites—all their sins—and put them on the goat’s head. He shall send the goat away into the wilderness in the care of someone appointed for the…
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Moonswept
Across the vastness of the nightA maiden sweeps the swirling dustThat sprinkles out upon the banksAlong the glimmering Milky Way. She polishes the hanging lights The jeweled glowing comet lampsAnd smooths the velvet billows of The black expanse that holds the sun. She spins and spools the golden threadfor constellation tapestries Embroidering their graceful plots To keep the outlines…
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To Bed
To bed to bed, we all must go to rest, our weary limbs and eyes tucked underneath the coverlet of lamp-black, silken star decked skies. To bed to bed we all must climb into the rigging of our dreams and tarry in the wind that blows o’er many colored waters’ gleam. To bed to bed we all must sail upon the moon-glass…
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A Martha Morning
It’s been a Martha morning full of tasksSuppressing my annoyance at the help I had to ask. But thank God it is Sunday and it’s time for church, Where Jesus gently turns my eyes away from my own works And as I fix my mind upon the empty tomb. I release the tension in my jaw and shoulders…
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