Belated Epiphany . . . Belated because, so often, words only come when they're ready. Or is it when we're ready? Shadowing the Magi Tingling, needy, marked by the long quest—the divining, then hope, my superstitions giving way yet again before anxious relief—this is how I enter. Taking a knee, it seems you … [Read More...]
I’m Laurie, a contemplative writer, musician and artist, who helps distracted, heart-weary people refocus on God in creative ways that spark hope and wholeness.
I’m Laurie, a contemplative writer, musician and artist, who helps distracted, heart-weary people refocus on God in creative ways that spark hope and wholeness.Read More...
Oh Dear
Oh, dear Author of All, here is my page. These spontaneous words of prayer anchor me. I sync them with each inhale and exhale as Dreamer and I drive into town. … [Read More...]
Heartspring
Hark! the Cricket Let the cricket wind his heartspring And draw the night by like a child’s toy . . . Sounds gentle, doesn’t it. Almost idyllic. But night … [Read More...]
Transfer Station
The transfer station awaits. Wall-to-wall, in her silver Toyota, ten-gallon buckets brim with trash: batteries and light bulbs, paper and plastic, cardboard, … [Read More...]
Wellspring
Fictional heroine Meg Murry trembles, appalled. Evil Echthroi roam the earth, threatening the lives of all. An angelic … [Read More...]
Strain
One jillion tiny red currants, already simmered, fill Mama’s jelly bag, slung on its tripod — summer reduced, … [Read More...]
Knots & Pearls — A Cry for Connection
Knots: They show up in myriad ways. Accusations. Crippling rhetoric. Foundations, seemingly crumbling. And then, … [Read More...]
A Cure for Regret
My mother entrusted me with the frayed string that held Nana’s pearls. How does a legacy born of wounding morph … [Read More...]