Category Archive: Understories

Blessing Us Back into the Boat

A Blessing for Arriving at the Same Place Yet Again (for which St. Brendan consults) When once again you find yourself where you ardently tried to never be again, Take note. ~ “There… Continue reading

Blessing the Baubles

They are, in truth, just wood, glass, petals, ash. Knots tied by tired hands touched by countless fingers that flit And… they are so much more. They are tears… awakenings… tethers to the… Continue reading

Blessing the Grief

(to begin remembering well) Together… Grateful, we know you are at ease…        free of anxious desires to        fix the world, to find the good. Grateful. ~ Grateful, we know the space… Continue reading

A Blessing for the Unconvinced

When once again,        despite all evidence before you, you find yourself unconvinced… ~ When the miracles of last year,        last time, last night cannot be conjured – will not be cajoled… Continue reading

Blessing the Understory

You who have grown slowly, deprived of good light, of good ease, May you remember your gait helped others grow also – how your pace has privileged the whole. ~ You who does… Continue reading