“Hate is loud, but I think you’ll learn it’s because it’s only a few people shouting, desperate to be heard. You might not ever be able to change their minds, but so long as your remember you’re not alone, you will overcome.” You know what it is like where there is a book that you […]
Book Review: The House In The Cerulean Sea, T. J. Klune — The Book Lovers’ Sanctuary
The spring song of a great tit
halted my winter walk;
the next day he was there again,
marking out his territory
so early in the year.
Then the incessant cooing of doves
on our rimy roof,
interrupting my morning ablutions.
Though it’s cold outside
and my heart is playing the blues
there are signs,
signs of something new,
much more than mere signs
of an early spring
which nature corresponds.
Something is stirring
Winter birds are singing spring
They sense what’s coming
Copyright Francis 2021
I am not typically the kind to set New Year’s Resolutions. In fact, I don’t know the last time I did. My philosophy is, if I see something that needs to change I should just do it, not wait for some arbitrary date. But, as it happens, this December I’ve noticed several things about my […]
2021 Bookish Resolutions — Never Not Reading
This is Holy Communion for a Journey Sunday. It is the Second Sunday after Christmas, the Sunday three days after New Year, and three days before Epiphany, and in the old song “The Twelve Days of Christmas” it is the ninth day – the day when the gift is nine people dancing. This communion liturgy […]
Holy Communion Liturgy for January 3, 2021 — Gifts in Open Hands
Ciscography 