Poems

  • Beloved community

    Beloved communityis not built in speechesor in grand gesturesthat make headlines for a day.It grows in the quiet places—in the corners of our liveswhere no cameras lingerand no applause is expected. It is builtin the small mercieswe offer one anotherwhen no one is watching—the forgiveness that costs us something,the kindness that interrupts our plans,the choice…

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  • What plagues us

    Look closely:What plagues us is not hidden.It stands in the open,unmasked,unashamed,thriving on our willingnessto call it normal. Violence is the drumbeat of our era—gunfire folded into daily routine,wars erupting like old wounds reopened,families scattered by systemsthat confuse punishment with protection.We have built a worldwhere harm is predictableand safety is the surprise. Power has learned to…

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  • For such a time as this

    The world is trembling again—nations roaring,the vulnerable pushed to the margins,the powerful forgetting their neighbors.And still, a Galilean voicekeeps calling us by name. Blessed are the poor in spirit,He says,in a world that worships strength.Blessed are the peacemakers,He says,while missiles trace fire across the night.Blessed are the ones who hungerfor a justice they have not…

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  • when we walk into the wilderness

    We do not enter Lent because we have answers. We enter because we are willing to ask better questions— the kind that echo in the wilderness, the kind that crack open our certainty and make room for grace. We walk into this season not to prove our strength but to practice our surrender. Not to…

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