“Poetry and prayer are very similar.”
—Carol Ann Duffy
What poem is a prayer for you
Category: Meditations
On the Runway
It turns out that a lot of people who don’t believe in God, and don’t ordinarily pray, find themselves praying as the airplane they are in prepares to leave the ground.
Are there situations in which you are surprised to find yourself praying?
Holding On and Letting Go
As fall deepens, the last leaves give up their grasp and are carried away. But the vines clinging to the walls aren’t going anywhere.
What are you prepared to let go? What holds you steady as you do?
Submission
The word Islam means submission. To be a Muslim means to submit your life to Allah, and the practice of deeply bowing in prayer is a reminder of that submission to the Merciful, the Compassionate.
To what do you offer your life?
Thanksgiving
A single pumpkin, so round and ridged and richly orange, would be sufficient cause for celebration and thanksgiving. Just imagine—we live in a world where there are not only pumpkins, there is also pie!
What form of abundance do you give thanks for today?