Thursday, July 20, 2017

July 20, 2017


THANK YOU


“Thank you”:
two short words
that try to sum up -
but they really can't -
the wide width,
the high height,
the deep depth,
of the feelings of gratitude
and generosity
that grow and groan -
and sometimes emerge up
and out of the human heart,
but like Christ
in the garden,
Christ on the Cross,
Christ in the Bread,
if we’re open today,
he’ll bring us communion,
Holy Communion
with each other -
this day and any day we choose.

Amen. 

© Andy Costello, Reflections  2017









Wednesday, July 19, 2017

SING 
TO  US 
YOUR  SONGS! 






RAVEL'S  BOLERO

Watch all three
of these short videos
and then
go out
and buy yourself
a drum....






July 19, 2017



“I’M  FINISHED.” 

Jesus sort of said that while nailed to a
cross. Dried blood on his head - dried
armpits. It was his last day on earth.
“I’m finished!”

Listening to myself and others in our
late 70’s, we too sometimes say we’re
tempted to scream those same sentiments:
“I’m finished!”

But resurrection and unfinished business
pushes us to want those nails removed, so we
can come down from that cross as we scream,
“I’m still not finished.”


© Andy Costello, Reflections  2017