Naked Spirituality: Here

For the next 12 weeks my church is doing a worship series that's focused on Brian McClaren's book "Naked Spirituality." Each week has a different central theme encapsulated in a single word. This week the word is "here." We've been encouraging our community to find pictures, images, quotes, videos, etc to go with the theme and to  share those things on Facebook. I wrote a poem on "here" this morning that I shared with Koinonia. I want to share it on this blog too. In fact, whatever I come up with on these themes, I plan to share in this space. 


Here--

baby kicks announce an arrival to come

we make love in the morning dark

coffee percolates with a soft click click click

she wakes up, more beautiful than the day before

i sneak out to Horrocks as the light christens the day

Gaia sniffs the new marks in her backyard/territory, bodacious spring green

the griddle produces smoke prior to pancakes splashing down

mango, banana and blackberry make the perfect side dish

buddha bar pandora echoes from the speaker, ambient and dub working it 

dishes accumulate in the sink for the unlucky sucker later 

stacks of bills, cards, gift certificates and books half-read mark a table too full

a mom, dad, daughter, son-to-come, dog and their stuff--

i am 

we are

this is--

love 

perfect

sabbath

home.  

Here.