by Prasanta | Apr 8, 2017 | Jesus, Lent, Poetry
This Bread I Break By Dylan Thomas This bread I break was once the oat, This wine upon a foreign tree ‘Plunged in its fruit; Man in the day or wind at night Laid the crops low, broke the grape’s joy. Once in this wine the summer blood Knocked in the flesh that decked...
by Prasanta | Apr 7, 2017 | Art, Beauty, Brokenness, Friendship, Healing
The Japanese have a method of repairing cracked ceramics or pottery by filling in the broken areas with gold, silver, or platinum in a process called “kintsugi”. Here is what I found online about kintsugi: “The philosophy behind the technique is to...
by Prasanta | Apr 6, 2017 | Jesus, Journal, Lent, Loneliness, Pain, Prayer
Sometimes, I’m just not ready to walk in the door of my house after my weekly Bible study. Sometimes, I need some time to think before walking in and facing whatever it is waiting for me, which usually includes a pile of dirty dishes. I don’t want to see...
by Prasanta | Apr 5, 2017 | Lent, Poetry
Lachrimae Amantis By Geoffrey Hill What is there in my heart that you should sue so fiercely for its love? What kind of care brings you as though a stranger to my door through the long night and in the icy dew seeking the heart that will not harbor you,...
by Prasanta | Apr 4, 2017 | Jesus, Lent, Prayer, suffering
Have you ever been through times in life when it felt like the world might come crashing down? When it’s so hard, you aren’t sure which way is left, which way is right, and what’s headed your way tomorrow? When it feels overwhelming and it feels...
by Prasanta | Apr 3, 2017 | God's love, Jesus, Lent
This is a Lent reading that I enjoyed called “Shared Hells” by Peter Kreeft. I have it in a book called Bread and Wine: Readings for Lent and Easter, but the reading can also be found online here:...
