“I am sixty-one years old. That means more and more things in my body are not working the way they used to and certainly not the way God intended them to work…. We all grow old and die. Our bodies break down, but we don’t have to be afraid.” –Steve Diehl, Fruit of the Vine

Query: How is God encouraging you today?

Two Ways to Fly

There’s flying in a dream

over half-familiar landscapes,

such as old industrial cities,

where affection steams, passion

and boredom punctuate ambition,

loneliness piles like steel shavings.

Then there’s dying: a short flight

across farmland symphonies

to evenings of my first flights.

–Jeffrey Johnson, This Will Be a Sign