In the Father’s presence
we pray in the silence
an awe so quiet we
don’t know when it began;
a fire in our hearts
that almost breaks the chest.
We utter in the passive voice
a soaring petition
asking the active God
to make his real identity known
to cause his name to be revered
to be regarded as holy
to cause God to be God
to us, even through us
and to the world.
Hallowed be your name.

DAS

In the Father’s presence
we pray in the silence
an awe so quiet we
don’t know when it began;
a fire in our hearts
that almost breaks the chest.
We utter in the passive voice
a soaring petition
asking the active God
to make his real identity known
to cause his name to be revered
to be regarded as holy
to cause God to be God
to us, even through us
and to the world.
Hallowed be your name.

DAS

Sometimes I rush
toward a lessening future
or ache for an imagined past
when what I desperately need
is to turn aside into
the wonder of the burning bush
into the brightness
filled with a holy presence
that seems to be transient
but is, in truth, the eternity
that waits for me. I am
most myself as I respond
to something already given
to someone always here.

DAS

Sometimes I rush
toward a lessening future
or ache for an imagined past
when what I desperately need
is to turn aside into
the wonder of the burning bush
into the brightness
filled with a holy presence
that seems to be transient
but is, in truth, the eternity
that waits for me. I am
most myself as I respond
to something already given
to someone always here.

DAS

In the place of prayer

my soul is stretched taut

upon the wisdom of form

the plummet measuring the depth

of heaven and earth.

Simple phrases

expectant with life

keep me attentive

guiding me into a fullness

adequate for the time being

enabling me to live what I know;

to serve the world I’ve been given.

DAS

In the place of prayer

my soul is stretched taut

upon the wisdom of form

the plummet measuring the depth

of heaven and earth.

Simple phrases

expectant with life

keep me attentive

guiding me into a fullness

adequate for the time being

enabling me to live what I know;

to serve the world I’ve been given.

DAS

At present
Jesus prays for us;
in one sense, all
we really need to know.

 
I pray from that center,
learning to breathe
as fully immersed in God
as in this Texas weather.
I pray our prayer as mine,
becoming my true self
in this world of revelation
where God is at work.

 
We bend our knees with others
within the blazing awe
of Triune communion,
surprised by the wonders
of “Our father in heaven.”

DAS