But Only If You Go With Us
October 12, 2026
A Litany (Exodus 33:12-23) There be deserts we must face and cross. But only if you go with us. There be wilderness we must walk to the end. But only if you go with us. There be self-doubt and trembling we must outlast. But only if you go with us. There be exhaustion and loss […]
Pilgrimage
June 2, 2025
The bucket-of-bolts bus tunneling through nightPassing pagoda and lantern light, With satchels lashed to the roof,Brings you through a temple town To a river crossing by pirogue.On the far bank a tonga* waits,Carries you ’cross fallow fields of lumpy paddy,Spoked wooden wheels rolling, Horse straining under a switch Along tortured ruts,Cart lurching, creaking, shudderingFinally to […]