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Epiphany: Wise Women Also Came

by Justinchurch, other people's words 6 January, 201822 October, 2024No Comments

Today is Epiphany, or Día de los Reyes, the day we remember the magi’s visit to Jesus. I came across this poem yesterday by Jan Richardson, whose work I love (see her Ash Wednesday poem “Blessing the Dust” or her “Blessing for Waiting“, which I used during Advent). Wise women also came. The fire burned …

Dust

by Justinother people's words, personal 19 February, 201519 February, 2015One Comment

A beautiful poem for Lent: Blessing the Dust, by Jan Richardson. All those days you felt like dust, like dirt, as if all you had to do was turn your face toward the wind and be scattered to the four corners or swept away by the smallest breath as insubstantial— Did you not know what …