Prayers and poems are similar in that they use symbol and metaphor to express large thoughts. To get the most from both, you have to slow down. You can’t skim a prayer or scan a poem to fully savor it…. Read More ›
Day: October 16, 2009
Special ballad for sixty somethings
When I’m Sixty-four When I get older losing my hair, Many years from now, Will you still be sending me a valentine Birthday greetings bottle of wine? If I’d been out till quarter to three Would you lock the door,… Read More ›
Prayer, sort of
Some minister once facetiously defined four types of prayer: Thanks, Gimme, Wow, and Oops. Sometimes, though, sixty-somethings need a different sort of prayer to get them through the night. Hope Old spirit, in and beyond me, keep, and extend me. Amid… Read More ›
Now we are Sixty 