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Emerging from Stay-at-Home (COVID Diaries 7)

As "stay at home" orders are lifted, I decided to record the final episode of the "COVID-Diaries" for our parish. Together, we’ve explored themes of Green Martyrdom and false optimism, the nature of hope and peace according to Emily Dickinson and Wendell Berry, the folly of Ahab’s whaling expedition in Moby Dick, and the "art of losing," compliments of Elizabeth Bishop.

Thank you for taking this journey with me. I pray my efforts have ministered to your heart, mind, and soul. For this week, I want to herald voices other than my own, yield the floor (as it were) to three poets who speak truth and clarity into our present moment.

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Exploring Loss with Elizabeth Bishop (COVID Diaries 6)

Here is part six of the COVID Diaries. I explore the "art of losing" compliments of Elizabeth Bishop, and invite each one of us to grieve in light of Christ's passion. I pray these meditations continue to be a source of encouragement during this challenging season.

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"Four Quartets" (COVID Diaries 3)

I have prepared a brief "podcast" that examines a passage from T.S. Eliot's poem, Four Quartets. This is part three of an ongoing series. In part one, I explored the idea of "green martyrdom" as it relates to COVID-19. In part two, I shared "The Peace of Wild Things" by Wendell Berry. I pray these meditations continue to minister to your heart and mind during this difficult season.

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The "Green Martyrdom" (COVID Diaries 1)

I've been invited to set before your minds and hearts a word of encouragement as the "changes and chances of this life" that we name in our liturgy assume the clinical and solitary name of COVID-19. I hope this brief audio "podcast" speaks to each one of you as I contemplate the "green martyrdom" of the Irish.

Please write to me with prayer requests and/or tangible needs as they arise.

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