many and great
third light tonight
third candle lit
two days
ago
the parent and the child
traditions
illuminating
the brother of Isaac has
a place
as well
and will acknowledge the same father
when
it’s time
and then east of east
there
are traditions birthing meditation
and unity in
consciousness
while
west
of here
that admittedly was here
there is understanding of an Earth
that’s borderless
flown over by trickster
Raven
and higher
lower more
the Great Spirit
so
too
those with not tradition or
acknowledge none plus
the followings so many
more
on Earth
so many ways to count
measure
this day
not as the stars
though
as people here might be grouped
or
on one’s own develop
a philosophy
as well
ways to know the Earth and
Lord
of Earth
and
sky
and us for making
and for being there
c l couch
(writing from the eastern USA)
from the Dakota Hymn
Many and great, O God, are thy works,
Maker of earth and sky;
Thy hands have set the heavens with stars;
Thy fingers spread the mountains and plains.
(Joseph Renville)
photo by Roberto Shumski on Unsplash
(x = space)
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By Gosh
x
God
Sorry
God
You’re not sorry
In this way
I am
And I presume upon
Your
Intimateness
I seek your pardon and
Too often act
Assuming it
x
There is your mercy
For intention
And grace
For your means
And these are bestowed
Free of us
Our institutions
Our intentions
All of them
x
What we might do
Or think
And shall you always love us
Yes
You will
We are nothing new
And always new
Oldly
And newly
You forgive us
Even direct us away
And it helps
When we cooperate
x
Forgive us now
Forgive me now
Your will be done
And all or ours
Somehow
Beyond our doctrine
And the statements of our creeds
We need them
They compass-point us
We need you more
Who are
The magnetism
Earth and sky
And everything
That follows you
For being made
And not for looking
For you
For they know
You’re there
And frankly
You are here
x
We have to know
We have the will
That took us out of Eden
In the way
Of will
As we shall have it
And while the evidence
Mortally is lousy
Still
We come to believe
With everything
We are
x
Wow
A paradox of understanding
And enactment
Fortunately
There are the words
And there is revelation
In the words
And truth worth following
Unto the last
x
But wishing
Wishing
We could have more
We could meet you
And you’d take us
Hand in hand
As metaphor
More like cell to cell
For real
x
What is real
What is truth
You are both
You give us both
And more
And should we be
Grateful
x
For all we know
And must sigh into
What we don’t
And let that be all right
It is faith
After all
By definition
And by will
x
And how do you want us
But by will
Without the concrete obligations
In our love
But our love
With the best evidence we have
Or more important
Anyway
x
C L Couch
x
x
Photo by TopSphere Media on Unsplash
x
The People Walked
x
God announces
God’s own birth
An absurdity of prophecy
Things bang together
Light good
Dark bad
(for now
for often dark is good)
People in darkness
Who understands?
God is coming
But God is here
God has been here
From the start
Before the start
God was
And is
And shall be
And now, what,
A child?
A virgin birth,
Come on
x
A working together
Of generations,
Places
So that everything
Comes together
Complements
Too much
It is too much
You try the words too much
The documents are old
And sacrosanct
We keep them in a temple
Leave them be
What we believe
Is in the temple
Leave it be
We sacrifice flora and fauna
We dedicate
Our children
We don’t need another child
Or of such scandal
Leave us be
x
We are specific
We are everyone
(analogous)
We have freedom
In measure
We hate the other measure
But taxes
And armies
Are the world
It could be worse
It has been worse
We plot
Inside the darkness
In our own planning time
As we say,
Leave us be
x
So God is coming
And it’s taken centuries
Ages, if we count
From the beginning
And before
The God who answered nothing
With creation
And now a child
Without instruction
For our training
As a Caesar
(any Caesar)
This is too much
We have our own children
And for Caesar
Charges and complaints
From Spain and France
Morocco, Egypt
To Iraq and Israel
Rumors in Russia, India, and
China
All the world
x
Everywhere
And everywhere we know
Is burden
Don’t weigh us down with more
Words and promises
And obligations
Expectations
You expect us to believe?
Unlikely
x
C L Couch
x
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I don’t know how I got to thinking about Christmas while summer is hot on. Maybe it’s wishful thinking, though I like the seasons as they happen. Maybe I need a charge of faith, like a CO2 cartridge making soda pop in the soda fountain. Maybe I need some soda pop. Maybe I’m preparing what might seem way ahead for liturgies in Advent (the good news and the difficult). Or maybe a little future holiday (of any number of holidays) is okay for the present, that is, right now.
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Photo by Alistair MacRobert on Unsplash
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(x = space, when not indicating treasure)
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Dedication
x
There are clues
That God is there
Look to wonder
But it’s not a trick
It’s not allowed to be
If there are patterns
Or intelligence
Or anything that says
There is an origin
To the question
For skepticism
Even for lack of faith
And these are good pursuits
Because there is
An answer, maybe like
A hidden treasure
Through more like
A clarity for what has been
There all the time
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C L Couch
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Photo by Roberto Nickson on Unsplash
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