Path [1Word5Voices]

It was in my eighth grade English class, Mrs. Bozarth’s Publications, that I was first introduced to the work of Robert Frost. I don’t remember the context, but I do remember the assignment to memorize and recite two of Frost’s most well-known poems, The Road Not Taken and Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening. […]

Covenant [1Word5Voices]

No one stands at the altar (physically or metaphorically) to get married thinking “This is going to end in pain and suffering and heartache.” Yet we know many marriages will end in just those ways. So will friendships and employment and memberships and a variety of other relationships. Why? Without oversimplifying the complexity and wide-range […]

Joy [1Word5Voices]

Joy in Lent In the quiet. In the space between breaths. In the lengthening shadows. In the last note of the song. In the whispered prayer. In the wrestling with angels and demons. In the doubt that finally learns its name. In the temptations and trials. In the dust of creation and destruction. In the wilderness […]