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 […]

Alone [1Word5Voices]

There are a few variations, but many will remember the nursery rhyme, The Farmer in the Dell (here’s one way it has been sung). For the uninitiated, the song is little more than a string of relationships. The Farmer takes a wife, who takes a child, who takes a nurse, who takes a cow, who […]

Look [1Word5Voices]

There’s something flying high above us. How can you tell if it’s a bird or a plane or Superman? You have to look. Looking precedes seeing. If we want to see – to know…to understand…to perceive – we must first look. I don’t believe it’s a stretch to say, looking will frame, shape, and determine […]