Backward Mutters

Category: poetry

  • Last Wish

    Last Wish

    I was recently reminded of a story which Steve Brown tells in his book, Approaching God. It is a story of a funeral and one of the kindest invitations to know Jesus I may have ever heard. Dr. Brown writes, Not too long ago I conducted a funeral for the…

  • The Presentation

    The Presentation

    February 2 is not only Super Bowl. Nor is it only Groundhog Day. It is Candlemas or the Feast of the Presentation of Christ. You may read more about the events in Luke 2:22-38 which tells of the day in which Jesus was presented at the Temple in Jerusalem and…

  • The Grey and Green

    The Grey and Green

    The shorter period of Ordinary Time in winter between Epiphany and Lent is a season which I cannot quite get my head and heart around. It seems both more melancholy and more yearning. Will spring really come or will winter go on? February 2, whether it’s marked as Candlemas or…

  • Robbie Burns Night

    Robbie Burns Night

    We’re not having dinner tonight that “jaups in luggies” but neither are we having haggis. Nevertheless, we salute the rugged haggis fed who have and are gathering tonight in memory of Robbie Burnes For you lovers of fricassees, olio, or ragout, a part of every Robert Burns Diner is the…

  • Epiphany Snow

    Epiphany Snow

    A sonnet for Epiphany, “Eon’s later I watch this Epiphany’s snowing; Christmas is past, so too carol singing, Waiting on spring? It’ll be hard going To body forth through this winter’s keening.”