Dearly Beloved,
Grace and Peace to you.
A brute picks up a Stradivarius and makes awful sounds.
A maestro takes a cheap fiddle in skilled, loving hands
and creates sublime music.
Who is surprised?
Who is it who plays the instrument of your life?
Who gets hold of you: your anger? Your fear?
The people you long to appease?
What will it sound like when the Beloved
lays her hands on you, tunes your strings,
draws the bow of love across them?
Today, you choose who may only look,
and who takes you up, who gets to play you,
either in the parlor, or in the street.
You do not matter. Only who plays you.
Deep Blessings,
Pastor Steve
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Copyright (c) 2010
Steve Garnaas-Holmes
unfoldinglight(at)hotmail.com
About Me
- Pastor Steve
- Unfolding Light is a daily reflection rooted in a contemplative, Creation-centered spirituality, often inspired by my daily walk in the woods. In poems, parables, psalms, thoughts and the odd weather report I hope to invite readers into a spirit of presence, compassion, justice and delight. Though these writings are rooted in the Christian story you’ll hear in them melodies of many traditions. Unfolding Light is for anyone who wants to be a part of God’s healing of the world. I'm a United Methodist Pastor in Acton, Massachusetts where I live with my wife Beth. I've served for 31 years, mostly in Montana and New Hampshire, and also lived in California, Washington, South Dakota and Minnesota. We have three sons in their 20's... I don't know that they'd want to hear it this way, but I think they're lovely. I am nowhere near as mature as I sound in my writing, but I'm trying to learn from myself.
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