Grace – Page 2 – Heather Choate Davis

A Poet’s Glance at Random Acts of Kindness

GIFT For a hundred miles the fields have worn beards of ugly stubble and night is falling and you can’t find a lover, not on AM or FM, and the hand at the toll booth wears a glove so as not to touch you. You pay for yourself, then for the car behind you, soContinue reading “A Poet’s Glance at Random Acts of Kindness”

I Need Thee

This 21st-century video version of a hymn from 1872 is, for me, what all great sacred music should be: timeless. It was first sent my way by a vicar named Bart Loos, a young man who shares the love of God in remarkably winsome ways every day. It came back to me this weekend atContinue reading “I Need Thee”

The Way Home

…so my thoughts about Carl Medearis and Kate Campbell continued, evidently, through the night as I found myself waking with another song in my head. It was the first one I ever listened to on my own repeatedly that had Jesus in it. I’d never heard a song that started out “If you’re ever inContinue reading “The Way Home”

Lux Aeterna

Funny how music comes into our lives. My husband Lon was on the beach playing volleyball with a group of guys I would describe, lovingly, as a little ragged around the edges. One of them was listening to this song and Lon said, “What is that? I really like that music.” So he got himContinue reading “Lux Aeterna”

This is Water

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKYJVV7HuZw If you’ve never seen this video created to underscore David Foster Wallace’s remarkable words to graduates, I highly recommend it. “This is Water” speaks to the reality we all share and how we may choose— or feel led— to move through it. Although he speaks from a secular point of view, he uses theContinue reading “This is Water”