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The Underwhelming Choice
Poems From The Porch Did you not know that you would have to suffer these things in order to enter into your glory? Did you imagine that...
Rev. Ani
Nov 3, 20212 min read
In the Breaking of the Bread
Poems From The Porch In the morning sunlight on the elderly oak, in the crispness of the autumn cool, in the affection of a purring...
Rev. Ani
Nov 2, 20212 min read
Fearless
Poems From The Porch photo by Benjamin Davies on Unsplash.com The master reassured his disciples saying, “I go before you to prepare a...
Rev. Ani
Oct 31, 20212 min read
Indestructible
Poems From The Porch photo by Dewang Gupta on Unsplash.com The master faced his worst nightmare willingly, initial resistance released....
Rev. Ani
Oct 28, 20212 min read
Priceless
Poems From The Porch What grand gesture would you have me do to show my love? Sweeping you off your feet for an extravagant night's...
Rev. Ani
Oct 27, 20212 min read
Calming the Storm
Poems From The Porch photo by Harli Marten on Unsplash.com The disciple was afraid and expected the master to feel the same way. His...
Rev. Ani
Oct 26, 20212 min read
Raging Against The Storm
Poems From The Porch Photo by Torsten Dederichs on Unsplash.com The master sat reclining comfortably on a cushion while the storm raged...
Rev. Ani
Oct 25, 20212 min read
Pour Out Your Honey
Poems From The Porch photo by Sophie Nengel on Unsplash.com I come not with an empty spoon to greet the day, but with the vastness of an...
Rev. Ani
Oct 24, 20212 min read
Who Told You That You Should Be Ashamed?
Poems From The Porch http://www.danamanly.com/gallery-ii Let me see again. If you choose, you can make me clean. I do choose. Be made...
Rev. Ani
Oct 12, 20211 min read
The Gifts of the Day
Poems From The Porch I have come out to the porch to receive the gifts of the day, and they are many. There she is, a confederate rose...
Rev. Ani
Oct 7, 20212 min read
Don't Be That Squirrel
Poems From The Porch There was a squirrel fussing mightily this morning, so I went to see what all the noise was about, and he went...
Rev. Ani
Sep 17, 20211 min read
The Only Appropriate Response
Poems From The Porch “The universe unfolds in an optimal way, and part of that unfoldment happens through you and your actions.” (A.H....
Rev. Ani
Sep 16, 20212 min read
It’s All Meant To Be Play
Poems From The Porch The capitalist context of productivity and worth-through-doing is so insidious that we don’t easily recognize the...
Rev. Ani
Sep 15, 20212 min read
Becoming
Poems From The Porch The sun is a crisp, coral ball in the morning sky, boldly proclaiming his presence in neon glory. There is a hint of...
Rev. Ani
Sep 11, 20212 min read
You Fill In The Blank
Poems From The Porch Tribulation reveals where strongholds lie. For this I am humbly grateful. Through this, I am also free. The...
Rev. Ani
Sep 10, 20211 min read
Morning Offering
Poems From The Porch A still morning, gardenias beginning to bloom, rocking on the porch, I am conversing with the crêpe myrtles and the...
Rev. Ani
Sep 9, 20212 min read
Where Your Power Lies
Poems From The Porch http://www.danamanly.com/ Those external circumstances over which you have no agency, you are yet empowered to...
Rev. Ani
Sep 8, 20212 min read
Smiling to the Day
Poems From The Porch http://www.danamanly.com/ Today I unwrapped the gift of bright yellow flower smiles, brazen fire-red canna lilies,...
Rev. Ani
Sep 7, 20211 min read
The Shimmering Present
Poems From The Porch The lake is full of turtles. I know this because I see their heads peeking out like thumbs, then disappearing. Four...
Rev. Ani
Sep 6, 20212 min read
The Freedom of Clear Seeing
Poems From The Porch Ducks skimming in for a landing, a turtle peeking up from beneath the surface of the water to greet the day, and a...
Rev. Ani
Sep 5, 20211 min read
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