Weekly Inspiration (7/27/23)

Quote of the Week

“People naturally focus on scarcity. God invites trusting in provision beyond what we see or imagine. Jesus is more than unleavened bread on the road, more than manna in the wilderness, and more than a meal for 5,000 from a few loaves and fish. Jesus offers himself as sustaining nourishment to be received and savored.”

-Br. Luke Ditewig
Society of Saint John the Evangelist

Poem of the Week

Bird Woman
by: Luci Shaw
 
Watching birds,
their simple, spacious lives,
(peck a seed here, sip a drop of dew
there). See them perched safely on a
power line with at least thirty close
relatives, and freedom to
fly when bored.
 
I want to be a bird woman,
satisfied with small, daily memos from
God who has promised food, and a
safe power line on which to find
footing in any weather.
 
Also, wings for realms I only
dream of, intimations of continents
to cross, nests to build.