Jewels come in unexpected settings. Take Corinth in ancient Greece: more rock than mineral. Rocks piled into rude temples to designer gods. Rocks hewn out

The tears of those who love us gently water the cheeks of the earth. Another beautiful bloom turns into a wrinkled seed, they lament. Ah,

Shepherd, Instructor, Director. “Father, lead in righteousness. Read, teach, command. We have gone astray. Father, take the hand of the people.” Guide, Mentor, Example. “Dad,

I am made differently from you. I have something inside of me you do not have, and can never have unless you hold me. Because

Behold a child is softly crying who will save a world lost and dying, the wooden trough where he is lain precursor to a cross

As night gives birth to a billion stars when day is gone darkness is ever destined to be the herald of dawn; out of a

Forefoot, arch, then ball are held steamy in the moist cloth,  held with both hands by a woman in Oregon caring for a homeless man, 

She holds His shoes in her hands. They are worn shoes, but the only clothes not stolen by Romans and priests and elders and everyone