worship – Heather Choate Davis

Freedom

In the desert of the heart Let the healing fountain start, In the prison of his days Teach the free man how to praise. ——W. H. Auden

One thing I’ve noticed—and I’m noticing it a lot lately—whenever I’m in a totally unlikely place where there seems to be no rhyme or reason to me being there, I’m right where God wants me. This morning it meant spending several hours with an Ethiopian Orthodox congregation celebrating their world-wide church anniversary. I was invitedContinue reading “An Ethiopian Saturday in L.A.”

Believer and wanderer

Two Advent offerings for today. First, a poem by Madeleine L’Engle: THE GLORY Without any rhymeWithout any reasonmy heart lifts to lightin this bleak season Believer and wanderercaught by salvationstumbler and blundererinto Creation In this cold blightwhere marrow is frozenit is God’s timemy heart has chosen In paradox and storyparable and laughterfind I the gloryhereContinue reading “Believer and wanderer”