Tag Archives: My Book of Uncommon Prayer

My Book of Uncommon Prayers: Once Again

Posted on March 27, 2018 by apronheadlilly

These witchy trees, bare and lifeless, cold and leafless: One might wonder where life has gone and if all hope is gone, receded into the dark earth. But in one moment, that gifted second, a nub of green sprouts, a … Continue reading →

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A Limping Life

Posted on April 8, 2017 by apronheadlilly

I heard your whisper in the wind, and I leaned to listen; but my lisping voice rose rough and rasping, replaying all the shame moments, the named moments—over and over, owning their bite. I glimpsed your face in the greening … Continue reading →

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My Book of Uncommon Prayers: To Live a Noble Life

Posted on March 19, 2017 by apronheadlilly

How can I make my ambition Your ambition? Every now and then, unworldly inspiration and imagination penetrates t his sin-chained  mind, this bone-bound spirit, and I rejoice, respond; but just as quickly, flesh presses in— pride presses in, puffing me up, … Continue reading →

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My Book of Uncommon Prayers: Pulpit

Posted on January 7, 2017 by apronheadlilly

May my life be my pulpit. If ever my words outweigh my actions, if ever my professions overshadow my deeds, I will have given up abundant life for at the very least shallow, vain repetitions, and at the worst, dead … Continue reading →

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To Remind Me

Posted on November 1, 2016 by apronheadlilly

May the rising vapor of morning remind me that my life is such—a vapor that lasts but a moment—fleeting. May the intensifying blush remind me that the color of my life is in direct response to the Son’s rising in … Continue reading →

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My Book of Uncommon Prayers: Words Fall Flat

Posted on May 27, 2016 by apronheadlilly

When I feel the need to defend myself to the universe, words fall flat. There are never enough words to balance out the weight of weakness, the sting of sarcasm, so why not be content to let criticisms fall where … Continue reading →

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My Book of Uncommon Prayers: Limping

Posted on March 17, 2016 by apronheadlilly

Limping church, tormented body, suppressing our Hyde in this war—flesh and spirit, are we only to stumble through heaven’s gate? How can we be broken bread to a dying world— wine poured out to heal a tortured race—when we can’t … Continue reading →

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Book of Uncommon Prayers: State of Mine

Posted on February 27, 2016 by apronheadlilly

It is a selfish state of mine when all the world exists for me; and in my mind, I weigh worth against my own need. And a demagogue rails and acts the fool, and I rail back because of how … Continue reading →

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My Book of Uncommon Prayers: Making Change

Posted on May 13, 2015 by apronheadlilly

I don’t do change well. I used to. Change  meant promise, adventure, a tangible and exciting future, but somewhere along the line, my feet grew heavy and planted, my heart found rest in bordered places.  The settling down brought with … Continue reading →

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My Book of Uncommon Prayer–Surrender

Posted on May 9, 2015 by apronheadlilly

Divine incursion, whisking away the holy subterfuge that makes me look so good, making quick work of my earthbound building blocks, so pretty yet shallow— tearing down to build again. Divine intrusion, making my thoughts Yours, when I thought I … Continue reading →

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