Lyric prose meditations that play with elements from evangelical Christianity, Buddhism, yoga, reiki, Tarot and “weird voodoo shit.”

~by Cindy Clem

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Opening exercise: Walk on your knees back and forth across your living room floor. Pretend that the floor is a desert. Pretend that you’re repenting.

Today’s passages:

You do not have to be good.
You do not have to walk on your knees
for a hundred miles through the desert, repenting. [1]
~Mary Oliver, from “Wild Geese”

Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled.
~Matthew 5:6

An Attempt to Reconcile the Two:

It’s goodness versus righteousness, Elinor Dashwood versus Jane Eyre. It’s caring about what other people think versus embracing your inner freak. Good = nice. Righteous = whole. Continue reading →